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}} How to greet death.

• From: Jeremy Cowan <[email protected]>
• Subject: }} How to greet death.
• Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 22:57:15 -0500 (CDT)

> Jim Boniface writes:
> > Hegh yIrI'Qo'. pe'vIl DuyaHtaHvIS Hugh yIqIptaH

On Mon, 7 Aug 1995, Alan Anderson wrote:
> I've recently been reminded that the adverbs don't always have to come at
> the beginning of the sentence ... My feeling for what {rI'} means doesn't 
> quite fit this phrase.  I would use "hail" for an attempt to initiate 
> communication with someone ... I think it ought to say "his throat."

jIQochbe'!  rI' was certainly created for use in "hailing" a ship and it 
appropriately describes what Klingons do.  Using words like nuqneH and 
qajatlh are definitely rI'.  However, they are not greetings, nor are 
they words likely to be used when you see death.  I'll repeat my own 
suggestion, "Don't surrender!"  It seems obvious to Klingons, but Humans 
seem to have missed it.

janSIy

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