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Re: Martial Art Form
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Wed Feb 9 11:19:06 1994
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From: Will Martin <whm2m@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu>
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Date: Wed, 9 Feb 94 11:12:49 EST
On Feb 9, 12:59am, Amy West wrote:
> Subject: Re: Martial Art Form
>
> >HIja'...*maq barH* pong Worf. Although the spelling may be wrong, the
> >sound is correct... anyone have the correct spelling.
>
> Worf says it again in the new episode. It sounded like he said
> "muck bara", so the above spelling would be as good as any.
> They also used a word which sounded like "ghIHtal" and said it
> means "to the death" ?! So does this get to be canon now? {;-)
I repeat: Worf lacks the Klingon linguistic skill needed to call off a
charging targh if his life depended on it. He wouldn't know a glottal stop
from a bilabial fricative. He looks great. Big. Strong. Very honorable. He
just doesn't happen to know how to speak Klingon. At all.
charghwI'
