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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] yIntagh
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (SuStel)
Thu Sep 14 03:11:24 2017
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Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 10:44:51 -0400
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On 9/13/2017 10:29 AM, Steven Boozer wrote:
> {yIntagh} [...]
>
> was explained in KCD itself:
>
> "This is one of a number of Klingon curses that doesn't have an adequate translation."
If *yIntagh* does not have an adequate translation, this suggests that
the translation of the curse word is not /life-support system,/ despite
attempts to wrangle a curse out of that meaning. The words are
homophones, not the same word.
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/13/2017 10:29 AM, Steven Boozer
wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">{yIntagh} [...]
was explained in KCD itself:
"This is one of a number of Klingon curses that doesn't have an adequate translation."</pre>
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<p>If <b>yIntagh</b> does not have an adequate translation, this
suggests that the translation of the curse word is not <i>life-support
system,</i> despite attempts to wrangle a curse out of that
meaning. The words are homophones, not the same word.<br>
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