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Re: Klingon Insults
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Tue Feb 15 15:15:13 1994
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From: mark <mark@dragonsys.COM>
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Date: Tue, 15 Feb 94 15:00:45 EST
ataashvaD Dochvam ghItlh charghwI':
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}> 4. lamDaq QuchlIj DaHabchoHta'.
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} That #4 is my favorite. Except that {Hab} is intransitive, being used as
}if transitive. Try {DaHabchoHmoHpu'}. I took the liberty of assuming the act
}of making smooth was not intentional.
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I'll chime in with my approval of these insults. Juicy! But I prefer to
smooth charghwI''s construction a little. I don't think the -choH suffix is
necessary with this -moH. Literally, 'you have caused it to be smooth' is
enough, contextually implying the change in state; 'you have caused it to
become smooth' is a tad redundant. So my version is
lamDaq QuchlIj DaHabmoHpu'
- marqem
Mark A. Mandel
Dragon Systems, Inc. : speech recognition : +1 617 965-5200
320 Nevada St. : Newton, Mass. 02160, USA : mark@dragonsys.com
