tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Oct 24 15:04:06 1996
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Re: Blah blah blah (Was "par'mach" something or other
- From: [email protected] (Matt Gomes)
- Subject: Re: Blah blah blah (Was "par'mach" something or other
- Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 14:54:32 -0700
SaghIthneS:
: For argument's sake, let's say it's canon. Then, under that assumption, we
: could say that "par'mach" is a phrase that is long lost of meaning
: throughout the language's "history." It could have started off as "par
: mach", meaning "I only dislike you a bit,", and then evolved into what
: Klingons could refer to as "love", even though it started off as something
: more literal and less exaggerated.
:
: But with these other explanations of "small dislike" meaning "love" in
: Klingon because they're generally a grumpy race and other Klingons would
: take "small dislike" as "love", I have to wonder what "par" -- "like" --
: means under this assumption. That the Klingon is "obsessively in love" with
: the other Klingon?
I've just been scanning this thread, so I might not be on track, nevertheless:
<par> (dislike) DOES NOT EQUAL <*par'>
If the word is <*parmach>, then we have a discussion... if it is <?par'mach>,
then we have a new word - <?par'>.
-majIq