[91779] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] qo''e' tu'bogh pagh - 'ay' loS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Qov)
Fri Jan 20 19:13:17 2012
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:09:54 -0800
To: tlhIngan Hol email discussion forum <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
From: Qov <robyn@flyingstart.ca>
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At 05:12 20/01/2012, you wrote:
>Actually what does "mothballing" a fleet of ships really mean? I
>guess the reason I'm uncertain how to translate the Klingon is
>because I don't fully understand the English.
There are a lot of mothballed fleets in my business, so I'm just
going to picture them and free associate on their descriptions.
yo' *mothball*chugh vay' ... lo'be'choH. leHbe'choH. verghDaq poltaH.
DebDaq vergh. ragh 'e' chaw' ... vergh 'ej lon ... choq 'ach lo'be'
... verghDaq choq ... notlhchoH 'e' chaw' ... Sommey [heh, I almost
typed SomDu'--emotional connection to the old fuselages!] chImmoH 'ej lon ...
Looking for a Klingon equivalent of mothball, i.e. store in a way
that the thing could be recovered, but is prepared for a long period
of disuse ... nuH bey'Daq ratlhmoH ... qaStaHvIS poH nI' vangbe'moH ...
I hope there's an idea in that for you.
- Qov
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