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RE: KLBC: Uselessness & Aiming

• From: "Neal Schermerhorn" <[email protected]>
• Subject: RE: KLBC: Uselessness & Aiming
• Date: Sun, 15 Jun 97 18:50:46 UT

ghItlh ghunchu'wI':

>This is a battle situation; brevity is called for.
>
>qulvetlh yIpuS 'ej yIbaH!
literally, Sight that 'fire' and fire!

But would Sulu, if he was a fluent speaker of Klingon, think in English? No, 
he would think in Klingon. My stab at this, using Clipped Klingon 
intentionally, as it is clearly the situation clipping exists for:

qul puS! baH!
Sight fire! Fire!

(And yes, it is uncommon to drop both the imperitave verb prefix and the noun 
suffix - but the noun suffix isn't really necessary in this context. What 
other fire are you gonna sight?)

~Qermaq

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