RE: Dilbert Comic in Klingon for August 25, 2007

["DloraH" <DloraH@kli.org>]

> >     Big Boss: "A mysterious buyer offered a million dollars 
> for the right
> >         to decrease our goodwill."
> >     pIn'a':   {quvwIj nuplaHbogh DIb'e' DIlmeH wa''uy' DeQmey nunob
> >         qabDaj 'angbe'bogh je'wI''e' .}
> 
> I like the imagery of someone who doesn't show his face - 
> remember the 
> veiled Valkris in ST3? - but for Klingons that phrase implies someone 
> dishonorable, not mysterious.  E.g.:
> 
...
> 
> Try {pIH} "be suspicious" or {nub} "be suspect" instead.  
...
> If you 
> really want to use an idiom to imply that there's something 
> fishy about 
> this buyer, try {qagh Sopbe'} "He doesn't eat gagh!":
...


How about using ngu'?
ngu'lu'be'bogh


DloraH