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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: qo'la' 'awje'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (De'vID jonpIn)
Fri May 4 11:35:09 2012
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Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 17:34:54 +0200
From: "De'vID jonpIn" <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
Voragh:
> =A0"I was surprised to learn that we were using {'awje'} incorrectly at t=
he qep'a' [loSDIch]. It is not a general term for any non-potent drink, but=
is a specific beverage, that is similar in appearance to root beer. In fac=
t, Okrand points out that there is no single all purpose word for soft drin=
k." (SuSvaj)
>
> =A0"Okrand was quick to point out that this was not a literal translation=
, but rather more of a generic term for a nonpotent beverage, one which occ=
urs in Klingon proverbs and was probably what Worf meant when remarking tha=
t you cannot pry secrets out of someone with root beer." (Lawrence M. Schoe=
n on KGT, HQ 6.2: 20)
What's the context for the second quote? It seems to contradict the first.
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De'vID
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