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Re: muD Dotlh

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ghunchu'wI' 'utlh)
Wed Aug 25 12:17:47 2010

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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:09:19 -0400
From: "ghunchu'wI' 'utlh" <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 3:55 AM, Fiat Knox <fiat_knox@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> How exactly would you guys phrase the response "Klingons never talk about insignificant things?"

Besides {Dochmey ram}, consider {ghIlab ghew}, or (my favorite) {tu'HomI'raH}.

tu'HomI'raH qelDI' tlhInganpu', ja'chuqbe'.

tu'HomI'raH'e' not bop tlhIngan SoQ.

not tlhInganpu' jatlhmoH tu'HomI'raH.

The first one seems the most obvious. The second one seems
stylistically better to me. I really like the third one, but I think
its grammar invites debate.

-- ghunchu'wI'




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