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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] types of phrases
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Felix Malmenbeck)
Sat Jan 5 11:18:49 2013
From: Felix Malmenbeck <felixm@kth.se>
To: De'vID <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com>, tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 16:18:22 +0000
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> - a Klingon word for "slang"?
Klingon for the Galactic Traveler gives us:
The primary difference between the speech of older and younger Klingons, however, lies in the choice of vocabulary. Younger Klingons describe some of the vocabulary used by their elders as {mu'mey Doy'} ("tired words"), preferring to use what they call {mu'mey ghoQ} ("fresh words") or even {Hol ghoQ} ("fresh language").
> - English or Klingon expression for the kinds of things you say when
> you reject a suitor (e.g., "I must wash my hair now")?
"diss" and "put-down" may work, though both are a bit more general than what you want. "rebuff" may also work, or perhaps "cold shoulder phrases".
> - an English translation of {QI'lop}?
I've seen people refer to it as "Military Day", but I don't believe that's canon.
> - a Klingon word for "idiom"?
While not canon, I might suggest {mu'tlhegh pIQHa'} "indirect/roundabout/devious phrase"
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From: De'vID [de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2013 16:51
To: tlhIngan-Hol
Subject: [Tlhingan-hol] types of phrases
We have {mu'tlhegh} for "sentence" and {vIttlhegh} for "proverb" as
well as types of the latter, {qa'meH vIttlhegh} and {peghmey
vIttlhegh}.
But do we have...
- a Klingon word for "idiom"?
- a Klingon word for "slang"?
- a Klingon phrase for "Empire Union Day"?
- an English translation of {QI'lop}?
- a Klingon word or phrase for "toast" (something you say when you
drink in a group)?
- English or Klingon expression for the kinds of things you say when
you reject a suitor (e.g., "I must wash my hair now")?
I ask because I've been asked to add a "Useful phrases" section (which
I've rendered as {mu'tlheghmey lI'}) to my app, and I need English and
Klingon names for each of the subcategories.
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De'vID
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