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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Last X and testament?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (lojmIt tI'wI' nuv 'utlh)
Sun Mar 16 01:39:43 2014
From: lojmIt tI'wI' nuv 'utlh <lojmitti7wi7nuv@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4C567A70-3106-48D6-8F28-7FFF41A90382@alcaco.net>
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 01:39:06 -0400
To: Klingon Mailing List <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@kli.org
When I read (ghItlh Qav), the image that comes to mind is the scene in The =
Holy Grail when the scribe reads the text that another scribe obviously wro=
te while being killed.
While I accept your point, this seems like an English speaker looking for a=
specific, uniform, concise term for the cannibalistic preference for eatin=
g the heart or liver of another person. It=92s repugnant to the culture, an=
d there probably isn=92t a specific, uniform, concise term for it. You prob=
ably have to explain what you mean.
Heghpa=92, QaQtaHghachmey DelmeH lom, ghItlh.
lojmIt tI=92wI=92 nuv =91utlh
Door Repair Guy, Retired Honorably
On Mar 15, 2014, at 6:58 PM, ghunchu'wI' <qunchuy@alcaco.net> wrote:
> On Mar 15, 2014, at 12:11 PM, lojmIt tI'wI' nuv 'utlh <lojmitti7wi7nuv@gm=
ail.com> wrote:
> =
>> I really think that Klingon mentality is=85
> =
> You give good arguments.
> =
> They aren't completely relevant, though. The question is not one of Kling=
on culture and mentality, but rather one of how to concisely describe in Kl=
ingon something that is well embedded in "Western Terran" culture.
> =
> Of the suggestions I've seen, I like {ghitlh Qav} the best.
> =
> -- ghunchu'wI' =
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