tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jun 14 17:16:02 1996
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Re: To greet or not to greet? The canonical question
- From: "Dr. Lawrence M. Schoen" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: To greet or not to greet? The canonical question
- Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 17:16:02 -0700
> >I always understood that 'nuqneH' was the challenge of the Klingon
> >who was about to be adressed, i.e. not the initiator of the conversation.
> >This way the initiator is forced/reminded to come to the point immediately.
> >Therefor a mail to the list starting with nuqneH would be inapropriate,
> >but no reason to flame the poor beginner to death (remember: Klingons
> >hate burning their food }}:).
> >
>
> As a KAGster and an active costumed roleplayer, we tend to do this in
> character:
> Start talking about what we want immediately, and save "nuqneH?" for the
> foolish terra'nganpu' that come up and gawk. We did some filming for the
> Learning Channel (TLC) 2 weekends ago and demonstrated both greetings and
> farewells. For a farewell we intro'ed it as a traditional farewell, between
> two warriors that had know and fought together for years: we turned our
> backs to each other and walked away without a word. but of course
> YMMV......
>
I've tried to stay out of (and mostly ignore) this discussion for the most part,
but as someone who regularly speaks at conventions and has to deal with people
running up to me and screaming NOOKNICK more often that I want to admit, I have
had to develop a philosophy of sorts. If the pronunciation is very bad and I'm
in a sour or surly mood I respond with a terse "SoHvo' vay' vIneHlaHbe'," scowl,
and return to whatever I was doing before the interuption. If I'm in a better
mood I simply try to emulate your typical Klingon ambassador, stoically enduring
the pain, nodding pleasantly.
As you say, YMMV.
Lawrence
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:: Dr Lawrence M Schoen, Director :: The KLI is a nonprofit ::
:: The Klingon Language Institute :: tax exempt corporation ::
:: POB 634, Flourtown, PA 19031 USA :: DaH HuchlIj'e' ghonob ::
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:: [email protected] :: http://www.kli.org :: 215/836-4955 ::
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