[3450] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Klingon Insults
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Thu Feb 24 17:36:31 1994
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From: Captain Krankor <krankor@codex.prds.cdx.mot.com>
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@klingon.East.Sun.COM>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 94 15:08:06 -0700
>>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.
Forget it, mark, you can't win. We already had this argument back at
camp. The results were inconclusive, though he won out by
perseverance. {{:-) Also by intonation: If you hear the way he
says it, it really doesn't carry quite the amount of scorn I think
using -lIj would have.
--Krankor
