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RE: KLBC: qID vIHoH



lab HovqIj:
> 
> mujang pagh:
> 
> > lab HovqIj:
> >
> > > qaSbe' wanI' Daj. tlhIngan Hol vIlo' vIneHmo' qID vIDel.
> > > qIDvamvaD DIjlu'.
> >
> > DaH jIyajbe'. qatlh DIjnISlu'? yIQIj.
> 
> It's a cartoon, not a written joke. I so much want a Klingon 
> word for "picture"... "One used a pigment stick for this joke" 
> was intended to mean: "this joke was drawn"
> 
> *picture*vetlh DelmeH jabbI'ID vIlab. qID ghItlhlu'pu'chugh 
> jaS vImuch.

Or perpahs it was written in crayon ;-)

> > qIDvam vIyajchu'be',
> 
> chechwI' 'Iw tlhutlh neH loD. choHchoH qabDaj 'e' legh be'. Duj
> chIjnISmo' loD chechwI' 'Iw tlhutlh loD neHbe'qu' be'.

QIt Qaplaw' yabwIj. chechwI''e' vIbuSHa'mo', jIHvaD tlhaQbe' qID.
qajangta'DI', chechwI' vIqel 'ej SIbI' qID vIyaj.

> > 'ach tlhoS lughchu'taH pablIj. maj.
> >
> > > qID vIHoH 'e' vISov. 'ach qIDna' leghlu'DI' tlhaQbej.
> > > qIDna'vetlh chenmoH *Uli Stein*.
> >
> > I think <qon> is much better than <chenmoH> here.
> 
> Can a picture really be recorded??? I tried to avoid /qon/ here...
>

I suggested <qon> because I had not figured out that it was a picture -
my brain was taking the day off. One can certainly <qon> a story, even
an illustrated one, but I don't know if it would apply to a comic. I
would feel comfortable using it myself, but I don't think I would
reccommend it as correct to others.


pagh
Beginners' Grammarian



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