tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Apr 16 15:15:47 2006
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Re: Why we can use words that it'd take klingons 5 minutes to understand.
- From: Shane MiQogh <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Why we can use words that it'd take klingons 5 minutes to understand.
- Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2006 15:15:36 -0700 (PDT)
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>Remember ghunchu'wI''s recent comment about "the goblet containing water"?
>That's an idiom from KGT. {bIQ ngaS HIvje'lIj}, literally "your goblet
>contains water", means "you're entirely mistaken, you're totally wrong".
So that's what he ment to say....
>lughbej nuvvetlh. {qIb lengwI' tlhIngan Hol} ghItlhtaHvIS wanI'vetlh qel
>Okrand; {no' Hol} ponglu'. ghe'naQDaq bommeyDaq latlhDaq je tlhIngan Hol
>mu'mey mu'tlheghmey je ngo' lulo'lu'bogh 'oH {no' Hol}'e'.
>That's right. In KGT, Okrand talks about this phenomenon, which is called
>{no' Hol} "ancestor language". {no' Hol} is basically ancient forms of
>Klingon used in modern Klingon culture in whatever way, particularly in
>operas and poetry.
So why is it considered part of the reputable klingon cannon?
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