tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jul 01 11:32:40 1998
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Re: -Curses
- From: Robyn Stewart <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: -Curses
- Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 11:32:12 -0700 (PDT)
---Quvar muHwI' <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi.
>
> Are name-calling (epithetical) curses used as exclamations or as
nouns?
>
> {taHqeq!} "You $@#!#!!!"
> how about {taHqeqpu'}??
>
> In English you can say (Voyager, Neelix):
> "These people are natural born idiots!"
> (so it's Plural.)
>
> Is {toDSaHpu' chaH} correct??
We don't know for sure. It seems reasonable, but because it is never
incorrect to use a singular noun where a plural meaning is intended,
you can play it safe and say {toDSaH chaH}. "They are todsakhs."
Meanwhile, jatlh Qov loDnal:
"There should be complex grammatical rules in cursing. It should be
more complex than ordinary speech, becase Klingon cursing is an art
form."
tlhIngan Hol jatlhbe' ghaH, 'ach vuD ghajbej.
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