tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Oct 27 12:42:02 2006
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Re: baQ-'a'
naHQun:
>baQ?'a' n. general invective TKDp178 TKDa5.5
lay'tel SIvten:
>{baQa'} 'oHnIS mu'vam'e'.
It's been used twice, though not by Okrand:
When Picard failed to convince Gov. Vagh that the Federation
wasn't supplying weapons to Kriosian rebels, Vagh shouted:
"You speak the lies of a tah-keck!" Picard calmly leaned
forward and replied, "Qu'vatlh guy'cha b'aka!" Vagh compli-
mented him, saying: "You swear well, Picard. You must have
Klingon blood in you."
(TNG "The Mind's Eye"; spellings from Closed Captions)
yay, yay! Hov lengvaD! baQa'!
"Wow, wow! For Star Trek! Omigosh!" (subtitles?)
(actress Spice Williams reacting to news she had gotten the
part of Vixis; ST5 DVD, extra "making of" feature)
Thorwald Peeters:
>>I believe Voragh distinguishes between Paraborg and Okrandian canon...
>>But I hope he can comment on it himself soon...
This is a good example when I do keep track of the Paramount "canon" for
cultural context and usage. Although it may be coincidence, in both of
these {baQa'} is the last word of the utterance, just like {jay'}. (IIRC
Mark Shoulson commented on this too in HQ 3.1.)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons