tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Oct 14 19:59:07 1998
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Re: RE: KLBC - tera'Daq lengwIj wa'DIch
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: RE: KLBC - tera'Daq lengwIj wa'DIch
- Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 00:07:08 -0400
-----Original Message-----
From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
To: Multiple recipients of list <[email protected]>
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 1998 12:25 PM
Subject: Re: RE: KLBC - tera'Daq lengwIj wa'DIch
>Another possibility is {jen}, which occurs only in this slang law'/puS
variant:
>
> tlhIngan yoH jen verengan yoH 'eS = tlhIngan yoH 'eS verengan yoH jen
> The Klingon is braver than the Ferengi (slang) KGT
>
>Note that {jen} "be high" is contrasted with {'eS} "be low". These are the
>only examples given of both these words, however, so we don't know whether
>{jen} can also used for people ("be tall"?) as is the case in many
languages.
Argh! I can clearly remember a time when I was pleased to hear of something
explicit from Okrand which proved that {jen} could NOT refer to the tallness
of a person. But I CAN'T remember the source! Erg!
I seem to remember Qov having something to do with this conversation.
SuStel
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