tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Dec 05 11:01:57 1996
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Re: greetings
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>Date: Wed, 4 Dec 1996 18:01:57 -0800
>From: Michiel Uitdehaag (Saito) <[email protected]>
>
>>treat those who have it with more. This leads me to believe that there
>>*must* be some honourific greetings *somewhere*.
>
>Qapla' can be used as greeting too, when adressing honoured warriors.
Where have you seen evidence of this? (and don't quote Star Trek scripts).
Okrand has said several times that the closest thing Klingon has to a
greeting is "nuqneH", and also explicitly that "Qapla'" is not the same as
goodbye (I've never even heard anyone try to make it a greeting, only a
parting).
~mark
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