tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Nov 20 14:41:44 1995
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Reduplication & idioms (was DujHom chu' vIje'nIS)
- From: [email protected] (Bill Willmerdinger)
- Subject: Reduplication & idioms (was DujHom chu' vIje'nIS)
- Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 17:30:47
uu> From: ur-valhalla!netusa1.net!caanders (Alan Anderson)
uu> Subject: Reduplication & idioms (was DujHom chu' vIje'nIS)
uu> Message-ID: <v01520d05accf257e6173@[205.139.170.201]>
uu> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 21:27:26 -0800
uu> Qogh writes:
>..does anyone know if there are any tlhingan idioms?
uu> There's one true Klingon idiom that I know of: {qogh tuQmoHHa'}, which
uu> is slang for "do not hear" (refer to HolQeD Volume 2, Number 4).
Would not {ghIchwIj DanochmoHchugh, ghIchlIj qanob} also qualify as
idiom? The speaker certainly does not expect his adversary to walk up
to him with a can of Turtle Wax and start polishing!
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