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RE: nuq bop bom: 'ay' chorgh
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Josh Badgley)
Sun Aug 28 13:07:50 2011
From: "Josh Badgley " <joshbadgley@hotmail.com>
To: "robyn@flyingstart.ca " <robyn@flyingstart.ca>, " tlhIngan-Hol@kli.org "
< tlhIngan-Hol@kli.org>
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 17:03:03 +0000
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
'ay'vetlh vItIvpu'. Your Klingon characters are quite entertaining, not at all like the two-dimensional characters I have had the misfortune of "encountering" in a few books.
yItaH 'ej yItcheptaH
HurDagh chu'wIn
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Date: Sunday, August 28, 2011 11:22:40 am
To: tlhIngan-Hol@kli.org
From: Robyn Stewart <robyn@flyingstart.ca>
Subject: nuq bop bom: 'ay' chorgh
taHlI' lutwIj ...
Tell me ... errors ... improvements ... what you like and what you
don't. vIqontaH 'e' boSov, vaj SabelmoHmeH HISovmoH.
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tlhIngan meHDaq ghum SeHlaw. "wIHotlhlu'!" jatlh Hung yaS. meHDaq mob
ghaH DeghwI' je.
"DIch Daghaj'a'?" jatlh DeghwI'. "chuqDaq pagh Duj tu'lu'. So'wI' ghaj'a'?"
"HanDoghmajDaq HochHom noch DaH tu'lu'. Dachmo' bID, ghurHa' chuq."
jatlh Hung yaS. "'ej lI'be'mo' nuHmeymaj wIbachlaHbe' je."
puchpa'vo'[1] chegh yaS wa'DIch. "ghum nuq? nuHIv 'Iv?" jatlh, HoD
quSDaq ba'qa'taHvIS.
"nuHotlhta' vay'," jatlh Hung yaS.
"HaStaDaq," ra' yaS wa'DIch.
HaStaDaq logh neH leghlu'.
rI'Se' leQ DungDaq vIH yaS wa'DIch SIqwI'. yev, ghIq HoD pa' QumwI'
leQDaq vIH. Qong vajar 'e' Hon. HoD rI'.
SIbI' QumwI'vo' HoD ghogh Qoylu', "nuHIv 'Iv?"[2]
"nuHotlh vay' wIleghlaHbe'bogh."
"yIrI'. meHDaq vIghoSlI'."
rI'Se' leQ 'uy' yaS wa'DIch 'ej jatlh, "tlhIngan tlharghDuj "Dugh"
boHotlhta'. pengu'egh."
jangbe' latlh Duj.
meHDaq 'el HoD. ghaHvaD quSDaj nobHa' yaS wa'DIch 'ej ghu' QIj.
nov Duj rI' 'e' nID HoD. Qap.
HaStaDaq nargh nov. Hab QuchDaj 'ej nuHmey 'angbe'. SuD DIrDaj. QIt
nov Hol jatlhchoH 'ej mughchoH De'wI' "Mahoun HoD jIH."
nov toj 'e' qel vajar 'ach wa' HanDogh toghlaH nov QIpqu'. ghu'chaj
luleghlaHba' Hoch. "vajar HoD jIH. tlhIngan tlharghDuj "Dugh"
DaHotlh. nuq DaneH?" cha' HanDogh ghajbogh Duj ra'bogh loD'e' Da.
QuchDaj Hab Hot' nov. "malja' wIHuq wIneH," jatlh. nov Segh ghovlaw'
HoD, 'a rurchuq mut law', 'ej potlhbe'. yuDlaH Hoch mutmey.
"nuq chengev?" jatlh HoD.
"pong noy tlhaqmey, tach chuch, tu'lumey 'IH, Hergh SuD. nuq
bopoQ?[3]" jatlh nov HoD. "Hoch wo' potlh DeQ DIlaj." loS nov. valqu'
ghaH. cha' HanDogh ghajbogh Duj HoDvaD Sutlh 'e' Da. tlhIngan batlh
yajlaw' nov. loQ toj nov 'e' yaj vajar. 'ach jochbe' 'e' Har. DujlIj yIvoq.
"'IHqu''a' tu'lummeyvetlh?" tlhob, poH natlhmeH, QubtaHvIS.[4]
"'IHqu'," jatlh latlh nov. "QuchlIj rur."
latlh nov tammoH nov HoD. "tlhIngan HoD yIbochmoHQo'."
DeSDu' 'angmeH nov HoD, yebDu'vo' tlhaymey yuv. Huj DeS DIr. SuD bID
'ej Hurgh bID. DuD cha' DIr Segh. ghaH retlhDaq, HoD DeSDu' leghmo'
yay'law' latlh nov.
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[1] When the captain stood up in the first installment, he was on his
way to the bathroom, and the poor guy had to hold it through the
subsequent events. A combination of vocabulary and discretion held me
back from including that in the story, but eventually the concept had
to ... spill out. puchpa' ghaj DujmeywIj'e'. OMG, I've written this
much before realizing that despite the fact that I'm writing about
Klingons in space, I'm writing what I know: long flying legs, crew
camaraderie and annoying maintenance issues. ('orwI' jIH) jIHmo' jIHagh.
[2] It amuses me that these two have worked together long enough that
they have the same stupid catchphrases. I'll bet it annoys the hell
out of the rest of the crew.
[3] Interstellar spammers! I *think* Mahoun is mostly joking.
[4] Yeah, I know there's a misplaced clause here. Consider it as two
sentences with an implied ta'ta' at the end.
