tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jun 16 10:17:42 1995
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Re: Beowulf
On Fri, 16 Jun 1995, Heidi Wessman wrote:
> > I dunno... The so-called "Honor Danes" sit around *crying* because their
> > friends died fighting !? Their leader is too old to fight any more, yet
> > they still obey him?!
Maybe we should not look at "crying" in such a negative light. You're
taking a modern 90's definition of crying. A town "crier" wasn't a
dishonorable thing.
Also, Klingons *do* cry at the death of a comrade. We've seen this in
TNG and a number of the novels. I imagine a modern 21st century
translation of Beowulf would have "yell" instead of "cry"....
Dave.