[100275] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] New canon phrases (no new words,
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Feb 23 09:16:05 2015
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 14:15:56 +0000
In-Reply-To: <1424470291465.16758@kth.se>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@kli.org
Andr=E9 M=FCller:
>> Hu'tegh! bIrach'eghjaj.
>> =3D Damn! Get well soon.* (lit.: May you invigorate yourself!; so that's=
how you say it!)
>> In short, these are three messages by MO to me, on Facebook. The first t=
wo are new, a belated
>> birthday wish and a reply to my post that I'm sick at the moment. They d=
on't contain any new
>> words, but we get a sentence that we could use when someone is sick. I d=
on't know if Klingons
>> themselves would use it. Probably not. ;)
Felix Malmenbeck:
> He probably was just trying to approximate the human sentiment, but there=
is something nice and
> Klingon about the phrase <bIrach'eghjaj.>
> He's not saying "Hope you get well soon (by some magic)!" or "Hope the do=
ctors take care of you!"; > he's saying "May you fortify yourself!", sugges=
ting you should meet your illness actively and
> head-on. Perhaps a Klingon would be even more straightforward, and simply=
say <yIrach'egh jay'!>
> ("Sort yourself out, for frak's sake!")
Years ago, Okrand sent Glen Proechel a "get well" letter when he was hospit=
alized for heart and kidney failure which read in part:
yIpIv
Be healthy! =
Glen commented that "I don't know that this makes that phrase the 'official=
' way to wish someone health in Klingon, but it is consistent with the idea=
that sickness is considered a weakness and a Klingon needs to be ordered t=
o stay healthy." (Proechel, 3/1998)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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