tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jun 21 23:06:23 1994
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How to have a barbeque in Klingon
- From: [email protected] (Nick NICHOLAS)
- Subject: How to have a barbeque in Klingon
- Date: Thu, 23 Jun 1994 01:02:54 +1000 (EST)
I'm about to send the following bilingual text out to my nearest and dearest:
***
Unto his good friends, Nick Nicholas sends his greetings.
juppu'Daj QaQ rI' *nIq nIqolaS*.
Therefore are you, _, unspeakably lucky; for you, and a mere twenty-odd
others, have been chosen for the honour of being invited to
vaj chay' bIDo'qu', _, 'e' DellaHbe' QIch;
Ha'DIbaH meQ yupma',
*barbIqyu* joq, DIvI' Hol mu' lo'nISlu'chugh,
bojeSmeH SoH, cha'maHvay' latlh neH je, botlhoblu'meH bowIvlu'mo'.
A Barbecue
or, to phrase it in Klingon terms, a Festival of Burnt Meat,
(footnote: And should you be vegetarian, dread not, for there will be many
a veggie goody there, the which will probably be much preferable to such
burnt meat which a true Klingon warrior would refuse to eat anyway!)
Ha'DIbaH SojQo'wI' tlhIHchugh je, vaj peHojQo'; pa' belmoHbogh tI nay' law'
tu'lu'mo', 'ej ghaytan bIH qaqlaw' law', Ha'DIbaH meQ'e' SojQo'nISba'bogh
tlhIngan SuvwI' teH, qaqlaw' puS!)
the which is to take place even at my place,
juHwIjDaq qaS je yupma',
starting at 3:00 PM, on Saturday, July 9, 1994.
'ej qaSchoH, qaSDI' rep wa'maHvaghvatlh, Hoghjaj 6, jarjaj 9, jar 7,
DIS 1994 je.
And this Barbecue is held to celebrate the many wondrous events that Nick
has to celebrate, to wit:
'ej yay'moHbogh wanI' law''e' loplaHbogh nIq lopmeH, yupma'vam qaSmoHlu'.
wanI'meyvam yIqIm:
1. The completion of Nick's Masters in Engineering Science (Cognitive Science)
Thesis, the which goes by the snappy title of _Problems in the Application of
Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST) to Text Generation_.
1DIch. rIn jonwI'QeD ngerQeD *maSterIS* pob SuqmeH *nIq* ghItlh. qawlu'meH
ngeDqu' ghItlh perwI': ghItlh lIngmeH De'wI', _chay' ponlu'chu'meH chen
mu'tlheghghom pab 'e' qelbogh nger_ (ChPChMTlhGhP'KNg) lo'mey Sengmey.
2. The commencement of Nick's PhD in Linguistics, the which would have a
snappy title, had Nick actually already decided on a topic.
2DIch. HolQeD *doqtor* pob SuqmeH tagh *nIq*. qawlu'meH ngeDqu' je ghItlhvam
perwI', nuq qelqang 'e' wuqta'chugh neH *nIq*.
3. The commencement of Nick's Australian Postgraduate Research Award (APRA)
scholarship, which isn't as much as he'd have gotten at Microsoft, but it'll
pay for the barbeque, at least.
3DIch. *nIq*vaD "*'oStlhelya*Daq QulmeH wa'logh DuSaQ'a' pob Suqpu'bogh
tej'e', Huchpob" ('QWLDPSTHP) Huchpob. *may'QoSovIt*Daq ghoSpu'chugh, vaj
Huch Suqbogh 'ugh law', DaH Huch SuqlI'bogh 'ugh puS. 'ach yupma' DIlmeH
yapba' DaH Huch Suqbogh.
4. Nick's continuing Klingon successes, which to date include one (1) _Much
Ado About Nothing_, one (1) Gospel According to Mark, six (6) Shakespearean
sonnets, one (1) _Bad To The Bone_, one (1) _Don't Get Around Much Anymore_,
and one quarter (0.25) of _Hamlet, Prince of Denmark_. (It is yet to be
confirmed that Nick will be reciting a certain soliloquy at the barbeque.
The local law enforcement agencies have been notified.)
4DIch. *nIq*vaD taH tlhIngan Hol Qapla'mey. qaSpa' DaHjaj, Qapla'vam chavpu':
wa' _paghmo' tIn mIS_ DawI'lut, wa' _De' QaQ'e' qonbogh *marqoS*_ lalDan
ghItlh, jav *SeQpIr* *Sonet* bom, wa' _jInaSchu' vaj_ bom, wa' _Quch mupbogh
vaj ghom'e' vIchoS_ bom, cha'maHvagh vatlhvI' _*Denmaq* ta'puq *Hamlet*_
DawI'lut je. (yupma'Daq wa' mobwI' SoQ jatlh *nIq* wej net 'ol. Sep chut
raDwI'ghom loH ghuHmoHlu'pu'.)
5. Nick's new-found love affair with vests.
5DIch. paghDeSDuS wepHommey muSHa'choHtaH *nIq*.
6. Last, and certainly least (because I'm *over* her, you hear?), the first
anniversary of Nick's breaking up with Zoe.
6DIch. Qavba' 'ej Qatlhbe' (vIbechQo'mo' rIntaH, yaj'a'?): bang mojHa' *nIq*
*tlhoy* je.
(Have I mentioned that in Klingon, Zoe and Chloe sound exactly the same?
There's a joke somewhere in there, but I'm still working that one out.)
tlhIngan Hol lo'lu'taHvIS, QIch nIb ghaj *tlhoy*, *tlhoy* je, 'e' vIDelpu''a'?
pa' vogh lut tlhaQ tu'lu', 'ach DaH vI'oghlI' neH.
Therefore, come ye down! Be ye merry! Eat ye food for gratis! Drink ye
copiously! Trash ye not my parents' place! Gasp ye as ye see Nick valiantly
trying to get drunk and failing! Find ye that ye have no room to dance at
all, and ye can't really dance to Shostakovich anyway! Wonder ye what have
ye done for to deserven this!
vaj peghIr! peQuch! peSoj SuDIlnISbe'taHvIS! Doch law' yItlhutlh!
boghmoHwI'pu'wI' qach yIpejQo'! peyay', chech 'e' nIDmeH yoH *nIq* 'ej luj
'e' boleghtaHvIS! SuyItchu'meH pagh logh tu'lu' 'e' yItu', 'ej *SoStaqovIch*
QoQ chuSmoHlu'taHvIS SuyItlaHbe'chu' 'e' yItu' je! Sanvam naSvaD Su'ummeH
HeS nuq bota'pu' 'e' yISIv!
And Respondez ye sil vous pla^it (RSVP) by July 6, by snail-mail, telephone,
or e-mail ([email protected])
'ej pejang Sujangqangchugh (PS), wej qaStaHvIS jarjaj 6, ghItlh De'pat,
ghogh De'pat ghap, HablI' De'pat ([email protected]) ghap Dalo'taHvIS.
May you find honour, and/or lots of cash.
batlh, DeQ law' joq yItu'jaj.
Momenton senpretende paseman mi retenis kaj# NICK NICHOLAS. Melbourne Uni,
kultis kvazaux & Australia. Now with moustache.
senhorlogxan elizeon #[email protected]
(Dume: & -> [email protected] <-
[Victor Sadler, _Memkritiko_ 90] # [email protected]