Worldbuilding/Culturebuilding Notes: Still More on Naming
Freelance Traveller
(18 May 2016 23:45 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Worldbuilding/Culturebuilding Notes: Still More on Naming
William Ewing
(19 May 2016 08:17 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Worldbuilding/Culturebuilding Notes: Still More on Naming Freelance Traveller (19 May 2016 22:20 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Worldbuilding/Culturebuilding Notes: Still More on Naming
tmr0195@xxxxxx
(19 May 2016 22:29 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Worldbuilding/Culturebuilding Notes: Still More on Naming
William Ewing
(25 May 2016 05:17 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Worldbuilding/Culturebuilding Notes: Still More on Naming Freelance Traveller 19 May 2016 22:20 UTC
On Thu, 19 May 2016 08:17:13 +0000 (UTC), "William Ewing (via tml list)" <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote: >about the Final Reflection: Vrenn became Krenn upon joining the Navy, >not becoming a captain. Had he gone Marine, he'd hae become Mrenn. >Specialists (like science officers) become Arenn. The sutai-Rustazh >(vestai, tai, etc.) indicate social rank and the line one belongs to, >but is saved for formal occasions. Thus Krenn, Kang, Kumara, Koloth, Kor >for most usage, and the social rank honorific (tai, vestai, etc) and >line name combo are not used often. I admittedly am working from memory (can't lay my hands on my copy of tFR), but I think you're adding information that wasn't actually in the book - though I'm not saying that your information is wrong or non-canonical for that Klingon society; I'm saying that I don't find it in my memory of the particular book. Ford did write other Star Trek books, and may have done for "Klingonaase" and its associated culture as Marc Okrand did/does for tlhIngan-Hol and _its_ associated culture, and provided more background information outside the formal books/movies/TV episodes. I do recall that there were several honorific prefixes for the line name (tai, vestai, sutai, epetai, possibly a couple of others), and should have additionally called that out in my original posting, as it was quite relevant and to the point of the post. -- Jeff Zeitlin, Editor Freelance Traveller The Electronic Fan-Supported Traveller® Fanzine and Resource xxxxxx@freelancetraveller.com http://www.freelancetraveller.com http://freelancetraveller.downport.com/ ®Traveller is a registered trademark of Far Future Enterprises, 1977-2014. Use of the trademark in this notice and in the referenced materials is not intended to infringe or devalue the trademark. Freelance Traveller extends its thanks to the following enterprises for hosting services: CyberNET Web Hosting (http://www.cyberwebhosting.net) The Traveller Downport (http://www.downport.com)