tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 31 11:28:04 2002
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Re: cussing
Jennifer Kalel asks:
>>>Know any cussing words in klingon?
A few years ago for Glen Proechel's qIb HeHDaq website I compiled a list of
the known Klingon curse words, examples of their usage, as well as
-unofficial- speculation garnered from a variety of sources:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8853/curse.html
N.B. I wrote this well before "Klingon for the Galactic Traveller" was
published; it does not reflect the additional insights presented
therein. Still, there's enough for those who want to say something other
than {petaQ} *p'tak*!
pe'vIl mu'qaDmey tIbach!
Which means:
The commonly heard sendoff "Curse well!" - roughly comparable in usage
to the
Federation Standard "Good luck!" - literally means, "Shoot curses
forcefully!"
Curses are considered a weapon of a sort which must be propelled to their
targets. ["The Klingon Way", p.148]
--
Voragh "Damage control is easy. Reading
Klingon--that's
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons hard!" (Montgomery Scott to
Kirk, STIV)