[94284] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Bad Klingon in Trek novels (and the like)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (De'vID)
Sun Aug 5 06:00:45 2012
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Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2012 11:59:59 +0200
From: "De'vID" <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com>
To: tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
loghaD:
> That reminds me of another one, by the way, from "The Way of the Warrior":
>
> loD SoSlI' chaw'[qu'/Qo'] SoH jatlh?
> "Does your mother let you talk to men?"
Arrrghhhh! You just reminded me of the "Klingish" ("Englon"?) phrase
that grated on my nerves the most when I heard it on TV: *{Qab jIH
nagIl} which allegedly means "Face me if you dare". Obviously, {qab}
is "face (noun)", and *{nagIl} was intended to be {ngIl}.
Face! Me! Dare!
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De'vID
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