[2433] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Klingon translation software
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Mon Jan 3 10:01:29 1994
Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@klingon.East.Sun.COM>
From: Will Martin <whm2m@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu>
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@klingon.East.Sun.COM>
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 94 09:59:11 EST
On Dec 30, 10:25am, Mark E. Shoulson wrote:
[First quote is by Larry Stanley]
> > yIn nI' je chep
>
> We're supposed to take seriously someone who says "yIn nI' je chep"???
> Even if it weren't a Vulcan wish, it's not close to grammatical! Maybe
> "qaStaHvIS poH nI' yIyIn 'ej yIchep", or maybe with "-jaj".
> ~mark
nIDwIj:
nI'jaj yInlIj 'ej bIchepjaj.
Of course, it IS still a rather odd blessing from a Klingon perspective.
We tend to care less about duration than density of experience. A long empty
life is like a large, soft pillow. We prefer to live like stones in an
avalanche. We care not how we land (nor on whom we land) so long as our
flight is exciting.
-- charghwI'
