[85289] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Snow?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Doq)
Fri Feb 13 07:45:31 2009
From: Doq <doq@embarqmail.com>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
In-Reply-To: <20090213120808.69910@gmx.net>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 07:44:23 -0500
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Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
Keep in mind that Klingons don't like the cold. I mean, they REALLY
don't like cold. They don't play in it or even stand around in it if
they have another option. There aren't a lot of things for a Klingon
to do with snow, given that they don't like it very much. I mean on
the one hand, it's cold, and they don't like cold. On the other hand,
if you warm it up, it becomes... water.
Did I mention that Klingons don't like water?
So, the polite way to translate the noun "snow" is... to change the
topic. There's not much for a Klingon to do with snow, except perhaps
{Haj}, and that's not a verb they like to use a lot. It's too close to
"fear", which is a verb they don't even have, because they really
don't talk about what they fear.
For myself, I'd just say, {naDev peDpu'.} and look down at the ground
with a look of distaste and that would pretty much end the
conversation, until someone comes up with some warmer place for us to
go.
For a cultural analogy, imagine if sometimes feces fell from the sky
and covered the ground with an even coating of brown. Would YOU really
want a noun for this stuff? Would you use it a lot in mixed company? A
verb for the action of it falling on the ground would probably pretty
well cover the topic in polite company.
I can imagine some creative uses of the word {peD}, for example, to
describe a social pariah:
pa' 'elDI' petaQvetlh, peD. [Look down with expression of distaste.]
To describe an event you really don't want to go to:
wa'leS be'nI'wI' Qup qoS lopno' qaS. jIjeSnIS. peD 'e' vImaS. [Look
down with expression of distaste.]
To describe extreme disappointment.
parmaqqaywI' vItlhob. jIjatlh <<munay'a'?>>... peD. [Look down with
expression of distaste.]
Doq
On Feb 13, 2009, at 7:08 AM, Lieven Litaer wrote:
>
> as usual, we must answer with "there is no such word, sorry".
>
> But you can certainly use other words, like ice (chuch) or crystals
> (I think qut).
>
> perhaps chuch'a'?
>
> But if it's only to say "there's alot of snow", is suggest you say
> "it has snowed a lot": peDpu'qu'.
>
> peD 'Iv? peD nuq? peD muD!
>
> Quvar 'utlh.
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