[88222] in tlhIngan-Hol
RE: muD Dotlh
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Wed Aug 25 13:12:33 2010
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:03:58 -0500
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimEvAj21kA8C9ASu7mEnmB4WjTroTqO8fpcaUNj@mail.gmail.com>
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
Fiat Knox wrote:
>> How exactly would you guys phrase the response "Klingons never talk
>> about insignificant things?"
Voragh:
| {Dochmey ram} "trivial/insignificant things"
| {wanI'mey ram} "unimportant events"
| {ngoDHommey} "bits" (i.e. "minor facts")
| - Hov leng ngoDHommey "Trekbits" (STC)
ghunchu'wI':
> Besides {Dochmey ram}, consider {ghIlab ghew},
Certainly a better cultural fit. I should have thought of it, especially considering the simile {ram; ghIlab ghew rur} "trivial as a glob fly" from KGT.
ghIlab ghewmey tIbuSQo'
Pay no heed to glob flies. TKW
(i.e. "Don't pay attention to insignificant things.")
> or (my favorite) {tu'HomI'raH}.
>
> tu'HomI'raH qelDI' tlhInganpu', ja'chuqbe'.
ghIlab ghewmey qelDI' tlhInganpu', ja'chuqbe'.
Both of course modeled on:
batlh qelDI' tlhIngan, lumbe'
A Klingon does not postpone a matter of honor. TKW
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
