[Tlhingan-hol] new word

[André Müller]

Or maybe it has to do with the abbreviation "wmn", I had to search this on
Wikipedia, though, Wireless Mesh Network:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMN

Well, it's remotely related. But I didn't know it either... not sure if
that's the relation.

- André

2012/11/19 Felix Malmenbeck <felixm at kth.se>

> Obstruct the candle authorities! #OccupyQo'noS #www
>
> Okay, maybe that's not it...
> ________________________________________
> From: Steven Boozer [sboozer at uchicago.edu]
> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 16:04
> To: tlhingan-hol at kli.org
> Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] new word
>
> taD:
> >> I think the main pun/gag here is that the English abbreviation
> >> "www" can be translated as "QQQ", if we use the last (rather than
> >> first) letter of each syllable in weQmoQnaQ.
>
> Lieven:
> > That was my first thought too, but the existing meaning of the
> > syllables
> > kept bugging me. He could have used any syllable for that.
>
> {weQmoQnaQ}:  candle - ball - stick?  English is my native language but I
> don't get it either.  (But maybe it's too early in the morning!)
>
> Marc Okrand wrote (va Lieven):
>
>   Maltz said that the primitive computer systems used by
>   Terrans are very different from the superior systems used
>   by Klingons, but there is some overlap. He was going to
>   give this more thought also, but he did say that the
>   closest thing to "World Wide Web" is {weQmoQnaQ}.
>
>   I checked with Maltz.
>
>   He's fuzzy about Terran computer technology and computer
>   terms, but he said that {weQmoQnaQ} is not the same thing
>   as the Internet.  He said, if he understands correctly,
>   you can do many more things with the Internet than just
>   dealing with the {weQmoQnaQ}.  But he stopped there, so
>   I'll have to bother him again to find out about these
>   other things.
>
> He may be talking about the World Wide Web as information net, not a
> source of movies, music, email, etc.
>
> In Trek the Klingon Imperial Information Net is the main database of
> information for the Klingon Empire, including biographical records and the
> public records of the High Council.  Shortly before her death in 2387,
> Ambassador K'Ehleyr was denied access to files on the Net (via a
> [subspace?] interlink from the Enterprise-D) relating to the High Council's
> inquiries into the Khitomer Massacre because Council Member Duras had
> restricted the files to "*du-ko-cha* clearance" or higher; K'Ehleyr's own
> clearance of *pah-doQ-cha* was insufficient to gain access. (TNG: "Reunion")
>
> In TNG "The Icarus Factor" Wesley consulted the Klingon Cultural Database
> while researching the Rite of Ascension.  This may be a subset of the
> Imperial Information Net -- or it could be something maintained by
> Starfleet or the Federation to avoid misunderstandings with Klingons.
>
>
> --
> Voragh
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
>
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