Re: Klingon Question.

Posted in 1998

Bill S�nchez — Thu, 09 Apr 1998 16:31:29 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Aby Normal wrote: > > > -- > ... > Unless "Klingon" just means a member of the Klingon empire (ie: American > means someone from America). In Star Trek species are usually named for > their homeworld (ie:Vulcans, Romulans, Bajorans, Cardasceans) which also > happens to be their nationality. By this standard, Klingons would be > Chronan's as their homeworld is Chronos. Obviously in Star Trek, > Klingons are reffered to as a species, but perhaps this is really a > misnomer because the only Klingons federation personel have contact with > anymore are the Chronan variety ( or "Imperial Klingons"). > > ... > > --AN I won't take issue with your atrocious spelling...but I am curious about this "Chronos" place. My understanding was that the Klingon homeworld was named "Tlh'ing" or something similar. Where is Chronos specified as the Klingon home? (I remember reading about it in the Klingon Dictionary, I think, though I might be wrong.)