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Meanings of Klingon expletives
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Fri Aug 20 10:36:15 1993
Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
From: A.APPLEYARD@fs1.mt.umist.ac.uk
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Date: 27 Jul 93 09:07:27 GMT
Adding the veS QonoS words to the known Klingon vocabulary has added
`Qu'vatlh` to the list of expletives that have unexpected other meanings.
Running all known Klingon expletives through my analyser produces this, as
well as the expletive meanings:-
[EPITHETS]:-
---- * petaQ ----
- S:$%^&_epithet*
- PP:impv_pl/- V:be_weird
---- * Qovpatlh ----
- S:$%^&_epithet*
(has no other meaning)
---- * taHqeq ----
- S:$%^&_epithet*
- V:be_at_negative_angle V:[practise|train|prepare]
- V:be_at_negative_angle N:drill_mil
- V:[continue|go_on|endure]* V:[practise|train|prepare]
- V:[continue|go_on|endure]* N:drill_mil
---- * toDSaH ----
- S:$%^&_epithet*
- V:[save|rescue] V:[be_present|care_about|be_concerned_about]
- N:rescue* V:[be_present|care_about|be_concerned_about]
---- * yintagh ----
- S:$%^&_epithet*
- N:life_support_system /* a most unexpected word to use as a swear epithet */
- V:live V:[begin_a_process|initiate]*
- V:live N:lung*
- N:life V:[begin_a_process|initiate]*
- N:life N:lung*
[INVECTIVE]:-
baQa', ghay'cha', Hu'tegh, va, ghuy'cha' : have no known meaning
---- * Qi'yaH ----
- S:*?!#@
- N:military V:be_taken_away*
- N:military N:duty_station
---- * Qu'vatlh ----
- S:#*@!
- N:[duty|quest|mission|task|chore]
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