HEAT84 Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 I could've sworn it was Q'onoS but I was watching a game show 5-10 years ago and one of the questions was What is the name of the Klingon home world and the correct answer was Kling which stunned me. I also remember (unless I'm crazy) Kling being being referred to as the Klingon homeworld in the first episode of Enterprise. And I think once or twice in TOS. But it was always Q'onoS in TNG and DS9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbosdell Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 its Qu'Onos or however you spell it. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amnot Borg Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 According to this webpage... http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~hwloidl/FAQL-aliens-rasm.html#home Kling was the first name applied to the Klingon homeworld but it's been called several other things over time including Kronos, Q'oNos(whatever), Klinzhai... Game shows nowadays would probably use the Qo'Nos name... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEAT84 Posted January 21, 2006 Author Share Posted January 21, 2006 OK, thanks at least I know I'm not crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queenhank Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 Easily explained, of course. (Cracks knuckles and prepares to explain continuity.) Our own planet has two names - Earth and Terra - so it stands to reason the Klingon homeworld would as well. Qo'noS (pronounced roughly "Khronos") could be considered akin to Earth, in that that is the name most people use, and likely the official name, while Kling would be then akin to Terra, in that it is likely an archaic form, which only survives due to the name of the people from it ("Klingons" in their case, "Terrans" in ours). Which leads one to wonder: do the Klingons have another name for their species? We have "Terrans", "Humans", and the derogatory "Earthers"...are they ever called "Khrosians", or some such thing? (Note: that last part is a joke. Smile, will ya?!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFMF Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 I've never heard it named 'Kling' before....i have always just thought of it as Qo'noS - was Kling used in TOS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TetsuoShima Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 I can't remember ever having heard the trem 'Kling' either, but this is what google tells me: In the first season TNG episode: "Heart of Glory": The Klingon Korris makes reference to the Klingons' homeworld as "Kling." - "I refuse to let the traitors of Kling pick the meat from my bones." This is the first and only time the Klingon home planet is called "Kling" - it is later "officially" named Qo'noS in the sixth Star Trek movie. It's generally thought that Kling is a district or city on Qo'nos. They actually say "Kli", not "Kling". It's like "Earth" and "Terra" - two names for the same planet. But if you analyse the word klingon, the litteral translation to english is "inhabitant of Kli". With this same rule, humans (terrans) are called "terrangans" in the klingan english dictionary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antipodean Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 You learn something new every day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnifex Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 The Klingon Korris makes reference to the Klingons' homeworld as "Kling." - "I refuse to let the traitors of Kling pick the meat from my bones." Also, maybe it's possible that his use of the word kling, refers to an internal name name for the collective (no pun :() of their race. We don't always refers to ourselves as human beings, we also refers to our collective (!) as 'man'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFMF Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 yeah - like traitors of humanity - traitors of Kling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnifex Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 yeah - like traitors of humanity - traitors of Kling Exactly :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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