[970] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: New here
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Wed Jun 9 03:48:27 1993
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From: Captain Krankor <krankor@codex.prds.cdx.mot.com>
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 93 20:30:42 -0400
>Peter Garza jiH. tlhIngan-Hol vIladchoH. That's about the
>extent of my tlhIngan at the moment, but I have a question.
Note that the language is, properly, tlhIngan Hol, with no hyphen.
Don't get confused from the name of the list, which has a hyphen
just because spaces aren't kosher for email addresses.
>Since cursing is such an art in tlhIngan, which would be
>worse (if my translations are correct)?
>
> taHqeq'a' = a BIG taHqeq, very much a taHqeq
> or
> taHqeqHom = a small taHqeq, an insignifcant taHqeq
A fascinating question. I don't know that we have the data to say
for certain, but my guess would be that, since cursing is indeed an
art, each would carry different shades of meaning and would be
appropriate in different contexts. I'm not convinced that, in
general, either would be 'worse'.
If you wanted to be nice and sarcastic, I suppose you could call
them taHqeqoy {{:-)
>tlhIngan SoH'a'
HIja', tlhIngan jIHbej.
>batlh tlhIngan jIH (does that make sense?)
Yep, makes complete sense.
tlhIngan Hol DaghItlhmo' batlh tlhIngan SoHbej. {{:-)
--Captain Krankor
