tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jul 06 07:56:56 2011
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RE: Compensating
- From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Compensating
- Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 09:55:04 -0500
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- Thread-topic: Compensating
SIv naHQun:
> It's often said that people that drive big, expensive cars are compensating for
> something. How would one go about saying something like that in Klingon?
> Or conversely, that you're able to drive a small car (or use a small phone)
> because you don't have to compensate?
> Or would a Klingon just go out and say it directly? Something like
> tIq *peng*wIjmo', mach QumwI' vIlo'laH.
He might refer to his <ahem> "hammer" instead:
HoSghajmo' mupwI'wIj, QumwI' mach vIlo'laH
Cf. KGT p. 129:
"for a Klingon, a hammer is a symbol of power. The phrase {HoSghaj;
mupwI' rur} ('powerful as a hammer') is based on this notion."
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons