tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Nov 20 19:28:24 1995
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Re: Reduplication & idioms (was DujHom chu' vIje'nIS)
- From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
- Subject: Re: Reduplication & idioms (was DujHom chu' vIje'nIS)
- Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1995 22:28:09 -0500
Bill Wermerdinger writes:
>Would not {ghIchwIj DanochmoHchugh, ghIchlIj qanob} also qualify as
>idiom?
Yes, certainly. I've never heard the tapes, so I only know of this
saying secondhand, and I had forgotten about it. The whole idea of
"shining someone's nose" is idiomatic Klingon for what we sometimes
call "pulling someone's leg".
-- ghunchu'wI' batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj