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Re: Klingon WOTD: mebpa'mey (noun)
- From: naHQun <[email protected]>
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>Klingon word: mebpa'mey
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: hotel
>Source: KGT (219 KE, 245 EK)
>Swedish: hotell
I don't have a canon sentence, but here is CK on the subject of Klingon
hotels:
"When visiting a Klingon planet the first thing you will want to do, once
you have finish answering the guards questions, is rent a room. No matter
where you stay the accommodations will be stark compared to what you are
used to. Klingons are predisposed to rejecting anything whose sole function
is physical comfort. They will, however, make some concessions for visitors.
For example, your room will almost certainly be equipped with a bed, though
it is likely to be made of the same material as the floor. Checking into
your room is a painless procedure, as long as you have made reservations
ahead of time. Simply identify yourself to the desk clerk. Here is a typical
scene: {yIqIm.}
"What is your number, Terran?"
{nuq mI'lIj, tera'ngan.}
"I'm guest number forty-two."
{meb loSmaH cha' jIH.}
"We're expecting you."
{pIpIH.}
"Your room is number twenty-three."
{pa' cha'maH wej 'oH pa'lIj'e'.}
"The bed is very hard."
{letqu' QongDaq.}
"The room has no view."
{pa'vo' pagh leghlu'.}
[Lit. "Nothing is seen from the room." TKD p.39]
"Checkout time is five a.m."
{vagh rep bImejnIS.}
[Lit. "You need to leave at five hours."]
"Pay now!"
{DaH yIDIl.}
"Pick up your baggage and go to your room!"
{teplIj yIwoH 'ej pa'lIjDaq yIjaH.}
In the hotel you will have to do everything yourself. Do not expect to find
housekeeping or room service either, while this may be a little
inconvenient, it is also inexpensive. There is never any need to tip.
As accommodating as it is, you will not want to spend all of your time in
your room. You might want to get out and go shopping. As you look into
various stores you will soon discover that there is very little to buy
except for food and weapons, and these for the most can not be taken out of
the Empire. If somehow you find something you are permitted to buy, such as
food you can eat right away, you will need to know how to ask only one
question: "How much?" {'ar.}..."
~naHQun
--
Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in
the white of an egg?
Job 6:6