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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] lung
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (=?UTF-8?B?QW5kcsOpIE3DvGxsZXI=?=)
Sat Jun 21 07:42:39 2014
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Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 13:42:18 +0200
From: =?UTF-8?B?QW5kcsOpIE3DvGxsZXI=?= <esperantist@gmail.com>
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De'vID qatlho', 'oH vISovbe'. vaj DIvI' Hol <snake> mughlu'meH mu' qar
'oHlaw' ghargh'e'.
2014-06-21 13:11 GMT+02:00 De'vID <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com>:
> Andr=C3=A9 M=C3=BCller:
> It depends on where you draw the arbitrary line
> > between N and N-'a'. After all, it's just a suggestion. Interpretation
> > depends on the speaker. After all, the meaning we got from Okrand is
> > "serpent, worm". We don't know how big Klingon gharghmey can be.
>
> Actually, we do. The word {ghargh} originally referred to the giant
> worm- or serpent-like creature on the Genesis Planet which attacked
> and wrapped itself around Kruge. (This one:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:S03-kruge_fights_the_worms.png )
>
> So {ghargh} can, with no suffix, refer to something comparable in size
> to a Klingon.
>
> --
> De'vID
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">De'vID qatlho', 'oH vISovbe'. vaj DIvI'=
; Hol <snake> mughlu'meH mu' qar 'oHlaw' ghargh'e=
'.<br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">201=
4-06-21 13:11 GMT+02:00 De'vID <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:=
de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com</a>><=
/span>:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Andr=C3=A9 M=C3=BCller:<br>
<div class=3D"">It depends on where you draw the arbitrary line<br>
> between N and N-'a'. After all, it's just a suggestion. In=
terpretation<br>
> depends on the speaker. After all, the meaning we got from Okrand is<b=
r>
> "serpent, worm". We don't know how big Klingon gharghmey=
can be.<br>
<br>
</div>Actually, we do. The word {ghargh} originally referred to the giant<b=
r>
worm- or serpent-like creature on the Genesis Planet which attacked<br>
and wrapped itself around Kruge. (This one:<br>
<a href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:S03-kruge_fights_the_worms.png=
" target=3D"_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:S03-kruge_fights_the_=
worms.png</a> )<br>
<br>
So {ghargh} can, with no suffix, refer to something comparable in size<br>
to a Klingon.<br>
<span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br>
--<br>
De'vID<br>
</font></span></blockquote></div><br></div></div>
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