tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Oct 04 17:28:09 2005
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Re: pickup lines
- From: "QeS lagh" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: pickup lines
- Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 10:27:53 +1000
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ghItlhpu' SoplaHtaHwI', ja':
>I wonder about the intonation used though...
vIjang, jIja':
>What do you mean?
ja' SoplaHtaHwI':
>I mean would one say "Bite me!" in the Anglo-American way or "Bite me..."
>in a "Give me sugar"/"Come to papa" way... 8-)
Well, are you talking to an American or a Klingon here? ;)
The idea is that we use Klingons the way we believe Klingons themselves
would use it, and I'd imagine the American usage (I've never heard "Bite me"
used anywhere other than in an American English context) would be pretty
much lost on a Klingon. We should be wary of literally translating idioms,
and I think that the reason why not is pretty self-explanatory in this case.
QeS la'
taghwI' pabpo' / Beginners' Grammarian
not nItoj Hemey ngo' juppu' ngo' je
(Old roads and old friends will never deceive you)
- Ubykh Hol vIttlhegh
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