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RE: Waste

Steven Boozer ([email protected])



Voragh:
>> The only one I have in my notes is *{pomlet} which was suggested at a
>> qepHom in Germany.
>>
>> Although I doubt Klingons are much given to euphemism, you could use
>> the nouns {chuvmey} "leftovers", {pugh} "dregs", {taQbang} "exhaust" and
>> {veQ} "garbage".
>>
>> Useful verbs include {tlhuch} "exhaust", {yIb} "vent", {tlhuD} "emit",
>> {nIj} "leak" and {chuv} "be left over".
naHQun:
>I should note that I'm specifically talking about owls, which get rid
>of their waste differently than most creatures.

Please explain.

>Would you have any problem referring to owls the same way as other
>animals?

I wouldn't.  But then all I really know about these nocturnal birds is that they are regarded as a {maQmIgh} in many human cultures.

BTW, for "owl" are you using {lIr} (called "a nocturnal bird" in HQ 10.4)?  [PUN: "Edward Lear is famous for his poem 'The Owl and the Pussycat', and is slightly less famous for his paintings of landscapes--and of birds, particularly owls." (ghunchu'wI')]
 

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Voragh                          
Canon Master of the Klingons






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