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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] New word from MO: {jIr} (excl) "Big deal!"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Felix Malmenbeck)
Wed Nov 4 07:42:46 2015
From: Felix Malmenbeck <felixm@kth.se>
To: Lieven <levinius@gmx.de>, "tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org"
<tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 12:40:44 +0000
In-Reply-To: <5639FA01.101@gmx.de>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@kli.org
So, was it clear if the expression sometimes goes together with the gesture, or never?
It would actually be nice to have more gestures in Klingon.
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From: Lieven <levinius@gmx.de>
Sent: Wednesday, November 4, 2015 13:28
To: tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] New word from MO: {jIr} (excl) "Big deal!"
Am 04.11.2015 um 11:31 schrieb zrajm:
> Marc Okrand exclaimed that {jIr} means "Whoop-dee-doo!"
Thanks, zrajm, for sharing this with us.
> Initially he insisted that this expression always goes together with
Note for all beginners: do NOT add this background information in your
words lists, because since Okrand mentioned NOT to add it, it's actually
not existant.
> gesture in which you point at the ceiling, then move your hand in a
> rotating motion. Later (day afterwards, less influenced by beer?)
No, it was on the same evening when he said not to add it.
I remember it, I had no beer :-)
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Lieven L. Litaer
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