[3447] in tlhIngan-Hol
Klingon Insults
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Thu Feb 24 17:07:27 1994
Errors-To: tlhIngan-Hol-request@klingon.East.Sun.COM
Errors-To: tlhIngan-Hol-request@klingon.East.Sun.COM
Errors-To: tlhIngan-Hol-request@klingon.East.Sun.COM
Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@klingon.East.Sun.COM>
Errors-To: tlhIngan-Hol-request@klingon.East.Sun.COM
From: shoulson@ctr.columbia.edu (Mark E. Shoulson)
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@klingon.East.Sun.COM>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 1994 16:34:59 -0500
In-Reply-To: angghal@aol.com's message of Thu, 24 Feb 94 15:40:16 EST <94022415
40.tn34120@aol.com>
>From: angghal@aol.com
>Date: Thu, 24 Feb 94 15:40:16 EST
>I have to say, that of all the things I've seen on here lately, the
>discussion of Klingon Insults has brought me the most amusement and pleasure.
> How better to get into the spirit of a language than to call one another
>names? Last summer, one of the first things I said to Krankor in Klingon was
>"SoSlI' je," my attempt at "So's your mother!" spoken with all the derision
>and scorn I could put into it.
Awww... come on... that's *just* what the pejorative possessives are for!
"SoSlIj je" would carry the scorn even if the intonation weren't strong
enough.
~mark
