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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Tue Jul 6 13:13:20 1993

Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
From: Randy Kloko <rkk@mail.lib.duke.edu>
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Date:    Tue, 06 Jul 93 09:36:02 EST


                         SPECTRAL ANALYSIS
                     qij.   chiS.   Doq.   SuD.

                         tlhIngan 'Iw-'e':
                              Doq-'a'
                               pagh
                              SuD-'a'
                               pagh
                              qij-'a'?

                          tlhIngan DIr-'e':
                               chIS-'a'
                                pagh
                               qij-'a'
                                pagh
                               Doq-'a'?


                           NO PAIN, NO GAIN
                         SaH-be'-chugh butlh,
                         SaH-be'-bej   batlh.


                        SOMETHING ELSE TO EAT
          tuSqan qul-chab:  "Tuscan fire-pie", i.e. pizza, but with
          indigenous Klingon toppings.  Klingons heatedly deny
          assertions of its Terran origin, but when queried, not one
          of them can say which system "Tuscania" is in.  "qul-chab"
          is usually enjoyed in a group setting, although it can be
          ordered by the "mIch" (sector).  The term passed back into
          Terran slang as both "cool-chop" and "cool-job".

                              MORE SLANG
          pooch-pot < puchpa' "washroom".  (Actually, a fairly
          accurate description of a Klingon washroom.)


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