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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] "Never give up; never surrender"

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ghunchu'wI')
Sat May 26 21:27:52 2012

From: ghunchu'wI' <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
In-Reply-To: <4FC15C4F.2020908@trimboli.name>
Date: Sat, 26 May 2012 21:28:09 -0400
To: tlhIngan-Hol@kli.org
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org

On May 26, 2012, at 6:42 PM, David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name> wrote:

> It's been a running gag that the line from Galaxy Quest, "Never give up; never surrender," comes out in Klingon as {not yIjegh; not yIjegh}.

A running gag in what context? I've always translated it as {not yIbup; not yIjegh!} Repeating {jegh} seems contrived, as it carries the wrong meaning of "give up" for the first phrase.

-- ghunchu'wI'
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