tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Sep 22 16:27:36 2007
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Re: puchpa'?
- From: QeS 'utlh <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: puchpa'?
- Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 09:23:59 +1000
- Importance: Normal
ghItlhpu' lay'SIv:
>{puchpa'qoq}
wa' DoS wIqIp Quvar jIH je. "toilet" 'oSchu'DI' U.S. Hol mu' "bathroom" mughba' mu' {puchpa'qoq}. puch ngaSbe'chugh pa', {puchpa'qoq} ponglaHbe' vay' 'e' vIHar. {Say'moHmeH pa'} ({Say''eghmoHmeH pa'} ghap, pa'vetlhDaq Say''eghqu'lu'mo') vIlo'.
I agree with Quvar. Successful translation of {puchpa'qoq} obviously depends upon the fact that U.S. English often uses the word "bathroom" when it means "toilet room". If a room doesn't contain a {puch}, then I don't think you can call it a {puchpa'} of any sort, even a {puchpa'qoq}. I'd go with SuStel and use {Say'moHmeH pa'} or a variation of it (since one almost always cleans oneself in a bathroom, my first instinct was for {Say''eghmoHmeH pa'}).
QeS 'utlh
tlhIngan Hol yejHaD pab po'wI' / Grammarian of the Klingon Language Institute
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