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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Expressing "god damn"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Anderson)
Fri Dec 9 12:04:00 2016
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From: Alan Anderson <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2016 12:03:24 -0500
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On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 8:40 AM, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:
> So, I've been wondering for quite some time now, how to express the DIvI'
> Hol "god damn". How to convey its essence in klingon..
jay'
It's not any more complicated than that.
You seem to have picked up a habit of using {'Igh} as a literal term. Don't
do that. If you have KGT handy, read what it says on page 167:
This is a slang term with no known origin. It can be applied to just about
> anything--persons, missions, ships, and so on--when everything seems to be
> going wrong... In standard Klingon, the same idea may be expressed by
> saying {Do'Ha'moHlu'} ("be made unlucky" or "someone/something causes
> [someone/something] to be unlucky"), as in {DaDo'Ha'moHlu'} ("You've been
> made unlucky, or someone/something causes you to be unlucky").
-- ghunchu'wI'
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<div dir=3D"ltr">On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 8:40 AM, mayqel qunenoS <<a href=
=3D"mailto:mihkoun@gmail.com">mihkoun@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquo=
te class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px =
solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">So, I've been wondering for qu=
ite some time now, how to express the DIvI' Hol "god damn". H=
ow to convey its essence in klingon..</blockquote><br>jay'<br><br>It=
9;s not any more complicated than that.<br><br><br>You seem to have picked =
up a habit of using {'Igh} as a literal term. Don't do that. If you=
have KGT handy, read what it says on page 167:<div><br><blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rg=
b(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">This is a slang term with no known origin.=
It can be applied to just about anything--persons, missions, ships, and so=
on--when everything seems to be going wrong... In standard Klingon, the sa=
me idea may be expressed by saying {Do'Ha'moHlu'} ("be mad=
e unlucky" or "someone/something causes [someone/something] to be=
unlucky"), as in {DaDo'Ha'moHlu'} ("You've been =
made unlucky, or someone/something causes you to be unlucky").</blockq=
uote><br>-- ghunchu'wI'</div></div>
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