tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Jan 04 11:30:03 1998
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Re: pongmey
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: pongmey
- Date: Sun, 04 Jan 1998 11:29:33 -0800
At 10:59 98-01-04 -0800, you wrote:
}Oops! Hey, what's "oops" in Klingon?
Klingons have a special way of acknowledging their mistakes. Instead of
explaining or apologizing for the mistake, they give what amounts to a
ritual excuse, called a replacement proverb or {qa'meH vIttlhegh} to replace
their lost honour.
A few examples are:
HIvqa' veqlargh - The devil strikes again!
DopDaq qul yIchenmoH QobDI' ghu' - Set fire on the side when there is danger.
reH Suvrup SuvwI''a' - A great warrior is always ready to fight.
}qa'Sa <- maybe I should stick to Vulcan
Well caught. Glad you understood that the letters should be capitalized
just the way the are.
Qov [email protected]
Beginners' Grammarian