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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] {qoSta'} clarified
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (De'vID)
Thu Aug 1 04:54:04 2013
In-Reply-To: <CA+7zAmNi4Oju_O3Gaj5Mjfrc6cLP0nNQg=jwCwYtNDLjPM7o-g@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 10:53:37 +0200
From: "De'vID" <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com>
To: tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
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Voragh:
> > [It does BTW appear in the ST:Klingon! (KCD) novelization (p.85f.) and
maybe the game itself (can someone check?):
> >
> > The bartender nodded and before a moment passed he had
> > returned with three bottles. He sat them on the bar and
> > pointed at each in turn.
> > "{ngaSwI' wej. HIvje'mey.}"
> >
> > As I recall the bartender wasn't a Klingon, so that may explain his
grammar: "Bottle(s). three. Glasses." (Note that this appeared before
{bal} was published in KGT although {bIQ bal} "water jug" was used in the
KCD game itself.)]
De'vID:
> It's been a long time, and I don't have the ability to run the game
> any more, but wasn't that line spoken by Gowron or Pok? IIRC, the
> bartender gave Pok a choice of three bottles of drinks of various
> strengths, and {ngaSwI' wej} is a request for "bottle number three".
> But I may be wrong about that.
The scene is at the 5:30 mark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIuqtvEqQck
Gowron says the line. Based on the reaction it indeed seems to be intended
as "bottles, three glasses."
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> De'vID
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<p dir=3D"ltr">Voragh:<br>
> > [It does BTW appear in the ST:Klingon! (KCD) novelization (p.85f.=
) and maybe the game itself (can someone check?):<br>
> ><br>
> > =A0 =A0 The bartender nodded and before a moment passed he had<br=
>
> > =A0 returned with three bottles. He sat them on the bar and<br>
> > =A0 pointed at each in turn.<br>
> > =A0 =A0 "{ngaSwI' wej. HIvje'mey.}"<br>
> ><br>
> > As I recall the bartender wasn't a Klingon, so that may expla=
in his grammar: =A0"Bottle(s). =A0three. Glasses." =A0(Note that =
this appeared before {bal} was published in KGT although {bIQ bal} "wa=
ter jug" was used in the KCD game itself.)]</p>
<p dir=3D"ltr">De'vID:<br>
> It's been a long time, and I don't have the ability to run the=
game<br>
> any more, but wasn't that line spoken by Gowron or Pok? IIRC, the<=
br>
> bartender gave Pok a choice of three bottles of drinks of various<br>
> strengths, and {ngaSwI' wej} is a request for "bottle number =
three".<br>
> But I may be wrong about that.</p>
<p dir=3D"ltr">The scene is at the 5:30 mark.<br>
<a href=3D"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DVIuqtvEqQck">https://www.youtu=
be.com/watch?v=3DVIuqtvEqQck</a></p>
<p dir=3D"ltr">Gowron says the line. Based on the reaction it indeed seems =
to be intended as "bottles, three glasses."</p>
<p dir=3D"ltr">> --<br>
> De'vID<br>
</p>
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