[95503] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] jolly?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Roney, Jr. PKT)
Tue Jan 8 15:49:40 2013
In-Reply-To: <CA+7zAmPBza5Mmrf5epL=iupe_pTdw9j2xFXe_HgM7c+euxcm8w@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 15:49:21 -0500
From: "Michael Roney, Jr. PKT" <nahqun@gmail.com>
To: tlhIngan Hol mailing list <tlhIngan-Hol@kli.org>
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On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 2:46 PM, De'vID <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a recollection of reading somewhere that MO was asked how to
> translate "jolly good [fellow]", and his replied contained {Quchqu'}
> and a remark that Troi (in the STTNG episode "Parallels") was wrong to
> say that Klingon doesn't have a word for "jolly". Was it in an issue
> of HolQeD? On a mailing list?
>
> Or am I imaging things?
> --
> De'vID
I have a similar recollection, but I can't find the source.
But I don't recall him using {Quchqu'}.
I recall him saying that "jolly" would be translated with {-qu'}.
So, he's not /just/ a good fellow, he's a /jolly/ good fellow.
~naHQun
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