[Tlhingan-hol] tlhInganpu' chu'

[Bellerophon, modeler]

On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 4:06 PM, Alan Anderson <qunchuy at alcaco.net> wrote:

> {velqa'} "copy, replica" seems perfectly fine to me for the "model"
> idea. It was used in the Klingon Monopoly collector's edition to refer
> to the chancellor's cane piece.


 Didn't know {velqa'} since I don't own Klingon Monopoly. Thanks for that
one, Alan! Neither mughom.wikia.com or Klingonska Akademien list it.


>  as easy as saying that one inch on the model
> represents twelve feet, or something like that.
>

That's true! Using {rur} would be in keeping with the original way scales
were expressed in architectural drawing and model ship building hundreds of
years ago, and continued with plastic model until the mid 20th century.
Quarter inch scale for instance, or 1/4":1 foot, as opposed to 1/48 scale.
We just use "1/XXX scale" nowadays because it's concise.

~'eD

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