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[ben_w]

One is designed to be easy to learn, to be regular and logical and use roots familiar to European ears, the other is designed to sound alien.

(Does Klingon have a word for bridge-of-a-ship and not bridge-over-water, or is that just an urban legend?)

[bawolff → ben_w]

https://www.kli.org/about-klingon/new-klingon-words/date/# says that QI is klingon for bridge over water.

[ben_w → bawolff]

QI? Curiously, that’s the name of the TV show where I think I heard the claim. I wonder if it was added and given that form as a direct result of that appearance on that show? (The timing is plausible, but I don’t have a detailed enough memory to find which episode).