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SoSlI': tera'ngan mu'qaD veS
- From: De'vID <[email protected]>
- Subject: SoSlI': tera'ngan mu'qaD veS
- Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 12:37:31 -0500
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Warning: This post is about <mu'qaD veS>, so there may be some language
or ideas not suitable for weak, pathetic human children. You've been
warned.
When I first learned about <mu'qaD veS> on Power Klingon, I didn't think
the concept would work, since the jokes/insults would already be
well-known and it would be easy to make a comeback. However, I happened
to catch a program on TV last night called "Yo Mamma", where humans
basically play <mu'qaD veS>, trading insults until one player has
clearly demonstrated the superior wit. And it works surprisingly well:
http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/yo_momma/series.jhtml
The basic formula for a "yo mamma" insult is: "yo mamma's so (adjective)
[that] (...)".
Some examples:
Yo mamma's so fat, when she gets sick a cargo lift is needed to get her
to the infirmary.
pI'qu'mo' SoSlI', ropchoHDI', ropyaHDaq HIjlu' tepqengwI' lo'nISlu'.
Yo mamma's so old, she owes Kahless a darsek.
qanqu' SoSlI', ghaHvaD wa' DarSeQ nojpu' qeylIS 'ej wej nobHa'.
(What's the difference between <tatlh> or <nobHa'>? Which one is
appropriate for returning something borrowed?)
I noticed that the Terran formula doesn't translate to one thing in
Klingon. "yo mamma's so (adjective) [that] (...)" can mean either:
1) (...) because your mother is so (adjective); or
2) your mother is very (adjective), and as evidence of that, (...).
In the first case, it translate to <(adjectival-verb)qu'mo' SoSlI',
(...)>, and in the second, the suffix <-mo'> doesn't belong. That is,
in the first example, a cargo lift is needed to transport your mother
*because* she is so fat. In the second, your mother owes Kahless a
darsek, but it isn't *because* she is so old. Rather, the fact that she
owes Kahless a darsek is a demonstration of her age.
One can also deviate from the above formula. The following, for
example, resembles a Klingon proverb:
Yo momma's like Ferenginar: wet and slimy and filled with Ferengis.
verengan juHqo' rur SoSlI'; yIQ 'ej char 'ej verenganpu'mo' buy'.
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De'vID