tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Sep 04 12:32:28 1998
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sneezing
ghItlh "Rose, Thornton (Atlanta)" <[email protected]>:
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I know that these phrases would probably be anathema to Klingons, but how
would one say in tlhIngan Hol "excuse me" and "bless you" (when someone
sneezes, of course). For "excuse me", I might say {pIchwIj}, which I
derived from the English slang "my bad". For "bless you", I have tried
{DaQanlu'jaj} "May you be protected.", but it seems stilted.
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For years I've been saying <bIpIvjaj!>.
That's the first time. At the second sneeze I say <HIropmoHQo'!> (or
<ghoropmoHQo'!>).
marqem, tlhIngan veQbeq la'Hom -- Heghbej ghIHmoHwI'pu'!
Subcmdr. marqem, Klingon Sanitation Corps -- Death to Litterbugs!
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