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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] This day
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Wed May 24 15:37:08 2017
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From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
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Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 19:37:02 +0000
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Lieven asks:
> Is there a canon precedent for a phrase like "The day on which xy
> happened"? Like in "remember the day we first met". {maqIHbogh jaj}
> sounds wrong.
>
> The only thing that came to my mind was from the Drinking song, but I
> think that one is not considered a best example, is it?
> {jaj qeylIS molor mIgh Hoghchu'qu'}
> "The day on which Khaless" killed evil Molor.
I don't think so. I did find three other unsatisfactory examples:
wa' jaj 'etlh 'uchchoHlaH tlhIngan puqloD; jajvetlh
loD nen moj
The son of a Klingon is a man the day he can
first hold a blade. TKW
poH tuj bI'reS nungbogh wa' jaj qeylIS DIS chorghvatlh
loSmaH jav qaStaHvIS. [
In the days [sic] that follow the summer solstice in
the Year of Kahless 846. ('U'-MTK)
chu'DI' maS 'ej qaStaHvIS ram
nuHmeyDaj may'luchDaj nIv je
yIr qeylIS
On the night of the new moon
Kahless gathered his weapons,
And his finest suit of armor. (PB)
--
Voragh
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