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Re: A fun conjectural question

Se'noj le'umaS ([email protected])



Voragh:
>qu'qul:
> >I have been approached by a group producing a fan video of something
> >they're calling "Trek Eye for the Mundane Guy", and they wanted to
> >expose the poor fellow to Klingon culture.
> >
> >They're trying to talk to him about Klingon mating customs in the
> >proposed script, and asked me about the phrase "I'm looking for some
> >hot lovin'."
> >
> >Now, I explained that Klingon mating rituals begin with sniffing and
> >growling, which intrigued them, but they still wanted the "right"
> >words.
> >
> >Somehow I think "bang tuq qanej." (I seek hot love) would be sufficient.

>    Qapla', jawwI' bangwI' je.
>    Success my lord and my love. ST3
Strange, is this a jatlhHa'? I would have though joHwI' would be more 
correct than jawwI'... what is the difference between the two?

>    reH bang larghlu'
>    Love is always smelled. ("A loved one is always smelled"). TKW
Ew.

>    HIghoS, parmaqqay. qangagh vIneH.
>    Come here, par'Machkai.  I want to mate with you.
>
>though it probably doesn't sound as crude in Klingon.
I'll bet it does sound just as crude, though it's probably more socially 
acceptable than it is in our wimpy culture. ngaghnIS Hoch }};-)

>Voragh
>Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

Se'noj

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