tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Jul 05 06:42:47 1998
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Re: -Curses
- From: Minots <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: -Curses
- Date: Sun, 05 Jul 1998 20:42:03 -0500
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From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
To: Multiple recipients of list <[email protected]>
Date: Saturday, July 04, 1998 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: -Curses
>toh-pah or toba' (epithet) [This is possibly a misreading of
> tohzah.] - The Cardassians fire on the Enterprise and Maht-H'a to
> disable them and thus gain an adventage on the chase. Capt Nu'Daq,
> aboard the Enterprise, hails Maht-H'a: "Maht-H'a, status?" "Minor
> damage to starboard nacelle. We will be operational in less than one
> hour." "WHAT! You incompetent toh-pah! You were supposed to be
> prepared!" Later, on the planet where the puzzle is finally solved,
> the Cardassian Gul who tried to deceive both the Klingons and
> Federation, materializes. Nu'Daq shouts "You dishonorable toh-pah!"
> (The Chase)
Aha! This must be the origin of the word {toppa'} in KGT! Witness KGT page
132 (under Similes):
tlhIb; toppa' rur ("incompetent as a 'topah'")