tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Aug 18 13:58:41 1997
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Re: "short"
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: "short"
- Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 16:12:28 -0400 (EDT)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "Neal Schermerhorn" at Aug 17, 97 09:24:17 am
More puns.
According to Neal Schermerhorn:
>
> ghItlh Lieven:
>
> >What is the word for "short" ?
> >("Short Version")
>
> short in length for an object = tIqHa'
> short in duration = ngaj
Engage! swish!
> short in stature = run
Well, since "nt" is not an acceptable consonant cluster in
Klingon, this is as close to "runt" as you can get.
> I suppose, too, that "tall" would be runHa'. BTW, if you were a short
> Klingon, and you got into a fight, what's the best strategy?
>
> run
>
> Qermaq
nom qetnIS nuv run? ghobe'! batlh qIv yIchop!
charghwI'