[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: bIng

[David Trimboli]

On 5/31/2012 10:45 AM, Steven Boozer wrote:
>
>> Klingon word:   bIng
 >> Part of speech: noun
 >> Definition:     area below, area under
>
> Related nouns:
>
> Dung 	area above, area overhead (ant.)

This is one of the grammatical jokes of the language. Human languages 
tend to associate high-pitched sounds with "up" and low-pitched sounds 
with "down" (even the terms "high-pitched" and "low-pitched" do this). 
In Klingon the sense is reversed, with a high-pitched sound referring to 
"down" and a low-pitched sound referring to "up." I have no doubt this 
was done intentionally.

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