tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Dec 27 14:50:15 1996
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RE: "Excalibur" vImugh
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: "Excalibur" vImugh
- Date: Fri, 27 Dec 96 22:03:22 UT
December 27, 1996 2:43 AM, jatlh peHruS:
> In a message dated 96-12-24 21:31:40 EST, SuStel writes:
>
> << > << bIyajHa'. jatlh Okrand, <"woman's cleavage" 'oS je <ngech>'e'>.
vaj
> > matlhaQ.
> > <HuDDu' jojDaq ngech tu'lu'.> bIyaj'a'?
> >
> > HuDmey jojDaq ngech tu'lu'. 'ach HuDDu' jojDaq ngech tu'lu' je! >>
> >
> > jItlhIj nuqDaq Dochvam jatlhta' Okrand not vIlaDpu'
>
> jIjatlh jIH'e'. not jatlh Okrand.
> >>
>
> bIjatlhmo' 'ej not jatlhmo' Okrand *canon* bIH'a'
> DaH wej mu'mey DIqellaw'
> chabDu' HuDDu' ngech je bIH qar'a'
> jatlhchoHpu' 'Iv
Okay. Let me clarify. Okrand confirmed the word {ngech} meaning "woman's
cleavage." He didn't say anything about {chabDu'} or {HuDDu'}. What *I* said
was the sentence {HuDDu' jojDaq ngech tu'lu'}. It was a joke. A funny one, I
think. I guess I was forgetting that anytime I make a joke on the list, I'm
taken very seriously. Time to break out the joke-alert smileys again . . .
Actually, I'm not sure about this, but I think I remember someone hearing
about {ngech} at the qep'a', and beginning to pester Okrand about {chabDu'}.
He didn't want to answer that one, and I felt for him. Besides, whenever *I*
see the word {chabDu'}, I'm thinking of the word "pie," and the image isn't
very appropriate for studying Klingon.
We've all got some serious "canon on the brain." yIqaw: reH Haghrup tlhIngan
SuvwI'!
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SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian