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In-Reply-To: <CAMZYS2WDUqyzo3Kj8i-KKSw1=Xx=uh9ZX2jy27FiR3w7ZBpbhA@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 17:12:15 +0200 From: qunnoQ HoD <mihkoun@gmail.com> To: tlhIngan Hol mailing list <tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org> Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@kli.org --===============6449212955821912715== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a113edf00840caa0523b86f67 --001a113edf00840caa0523b86f67 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > Hitting someone with the back of your hand challenges them to a fight to the death. besides Klingon culture,in Greece too, to hit someone with the back of your hand or to slap him is considered to be highly insulting. a Greek would prefer someone to punch him,than to be hit by the back of the hand. only the thought of a backhand slap,pisses me off ! no wonder a Klingon would consider it challenge for a deathmatch. On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 4:56 PM, Michael Roney, Jr. <nahqun@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 7:40 AM, Felix Malmenbeck <felixm@kth.se> wrote: > > It would actually be nice to have more gestures in Klingon. > > > > On 4 November 2015 at 11:31, zrajm <zrajm@klingonska.org> wrote: > > My assumption was that this rotating hand motion has a similar meaning > > in America (?), > > On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 8:47 AM, De'vID <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com> wrote: > > Correct. That's exactly what this gesture signifies in North American > > body language: > > http://en.wikademia.org/Archive:Types_of_gestures#Whoop-Dee-Doo > > > It would be nice, especially after reading through that list on Wikademia. > > We do have a few though: > > Hitting someone with the back of your hand challenges them to a fight to > the death. > Pointing your pinky at someone is calling them old. > Pointing your second toe at someone is claiming that they are weak. > Saluting > Crossing one's arms over one's chest. We've seen this both during the > discommendation ceremony, and later as a stand alone insult. > > > Have I missed any? > > > ~naHQun > > -- > ~Michael Roney, Jr. > Freelance Translator > > _______________________________________________ > Tlhingan-hol mailing list > Tlhingan-hol@kli.org > http://mail.kli.org/mailman/listinfo/tlhingan-hol > > --001a113edf00840caa0523b86f67 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div>> Hitting someone with the back of your hand = challenges them to a fight to the death.<br><br></div>besides Klingon cultu= re,in Greece too, to hit someone with the back of your hand or to slap him = is considered to be highly insulting.<br></div>a Greek would prefer someone= to punch him,than to be hit by the back of the hand. only the thought of a= backhand slap,pisses me off ! no wonder a Klingon would consider it challe= nge for a deathmatch.<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D= "gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 4:56 PM, Michael Roney, Jr. <span dir= =3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:nahqun@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">nahqun@g= mail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style= =3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir= =3D"ltr">On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 7:40 AM, Felix Malmenbeck <<a href=3D"ma= ilto:felixm@kth.se" target=3D"_blank">felixm@kth.se</a>> wrote:<br>> = It would actually be nice to have more gestures in Klingon.<br>><br><br>= <span style=3D"color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.8px">On 4 November 2015 at 1= 1:31, zrajm <</span><a href=3D"mailto:zrajm@klingonska.org" style=3D"fon= t-size:12.8px" target=3D"_blank">zrajm@klingonska.org</a><span style=3D"col= or:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.8px">> wrote:</span><br><span style=3D"colo= r:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.8px">> My assumption was that this rotating = hand motion has a similar meaning</span><br style=3D"color:rgb(80,0,80);fon= t-size:12.8px"><span style=3D"color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.8px">> in = America (?),</span><br><br>On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 8:47 AM, De'vID <<= a href=3D"mailto:de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">de.vid.jonpin@g= mail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Correct. That's exactly what this gestu= re signifies in North American<br>> body language:<br>> <a href=3D"ht= tp://en.wikademia.org/Archive:Types_of_gestures#Whoop-Dee-Doo" target=3D"_b= lank">http://en.wikademia.org/Archive:Types_of_gestures#Whoop-Dee-Doo</a><d= iv><br></div><div><br></div><div>It would be nice, especially after reading= through that list on Wikademia.</div><div><br></div><div>We do have a few = though:</div><div><br></div><div>Hitting someone with the back of your hand= challenges them to a fight to the death.</div><div>Pointing your pinky at = someone is calling them old.</div><div>Pointing your second toe at someone = is claiming that they are weak.</div><div>Saluting<br></div><div>Crossing o= ne's arms over one's chest. We've seen this both during the dis= commendation ceremony, and later as a stand alone insult.</div><div><br></d= iv><div><br></div><div>Have I missed any?</div><div><br></div><div><br></di= v><div>~naHQun</div><div><br>--<br>~Michael Roney, Jr.<br>Freelance Transla= tor</div></div> <br>_______________________________________________<br> Tlhingan-hol mailing list<br> <a href=3D"mailto:Tlhingan-hol@kli.org">Tlhingan-hol@kli.org</a><br> <a href=3D"http://mail.kli.org/mailman/listinfo/tlhingan-hol" rel=3D"norefe= rrer" target=3D"_blank">http://mail.kli.org/mailman/listinfo/tlhingan-hol</= a><br> <br></blockquote></div><br></div> --001a113edf00840caa0523b86f67-- --===============6449212955821912715== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Tlhingan-hol mailing list Tlhingan-hol@kli.org http://mail.kli.org/mailman/listinfo/tlhingan-hol --===============6449212955821912715==--
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