Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucdavis.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!ucdavis!ccrdave From: ccrdave@ucdavis.UUCP (Lord Kahless) Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Re: Pawns and Symbols - a review Message-ID: <218@ucdavis.UUCP> Date: Sat, 2-Nov-85 19:56:55 EST Article-I.D.: ucdavis.218 Posted: Sat Nov 2 19:56:55 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 4-Nov-85 01:32:04 EST References: <547@moncol.UUCP> <24900114@uiucdcs> Organization: University of California, Davis Lines: 21 > > >> Continuity nitpickers may want to check certain elements of the novel > >> against John M. Ford's THE FINAL REFLECTION. The latter novel seems, for > >> the most part, to be the definitive work on Klingon culture. > >> > > Not totally definitive. The novel doesn't follow all points. Note: > > > > Kang calls Mara his WIFE, not consort. > > consort 1. a husband or wife, esp. of a reining monarch. > -the Random House Dictionary. > > {ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!mcewan Consort has several definitions. They are about as close to wife as thief is to robber. There is a subtle difference. Consort implies someone in union. Wife implies the marriage ceremony. Note, the definition of consort in relation to European royalty implies that the consort is of inferior social position. If the terms are identical, why did Ford use the word consort in the first place?