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From: Robyn Stewart <[email protected]>
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Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2013 15:57:25 -0800
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Definitely not needed, but certainly permitted.<br><br>
At 08:17 '?????' 1/5/2013, Christopher Kidder-Mostrom wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">In Klingon Christmas Carol we
have this phrase to start the toast: &quot;HIvje'meyraj
tIpep!&quot;&nbsp; or &quot;HIvje'raj tIpep&quot; ... there's been
disagreement back and forth as to whether the &quot;mey&quot; is
needed.<br><br>
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On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 9:51 AM, De'vID
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&gt; wrote:<br>

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<dd>We have {mu'tlhegh} for &quot;sentence&quot; and {vIttlhegh} for
&quot;proverb&quot; as<br>

<dd>well as types of the latter, {qa'meH vIttlhegh} and {peghmey<br>

<dd>vIttlhegh}.<br><br>

<dd>But do we have...<br>

<dd>- a Klingon word for &quot;idiom&quot;?<br>

<dd>- a Klingon word for &quot;slang&quot;?<br>

<dd>- a Klingon phrase for &quot;Empire Union Day&quot;?<br>

<dd>- an English translation of {QI'lop}?<br>

<dd>- a Klingon word or phrase for &quot;toast&quot; (something you say
when you<br>

<dd>drink in a group)?<br>

<dd>- English or Klingon expression for the kinds of things you say
when<br>

<dd>you reject a suitor (e.g., &quot;I must wash my hair
now&quot;)?<br><br>

<dd>I ask because I've been asked to add a &quot;Useful phrases&quot;
section (which<br>

<dd>I've rendered as {mu'tlheghmey lI'}) to my app, and I need English
and<br>

<dd>Klingon names for each of the subcategories.<br><br>

<dd>--<br>

<dd>De'vID<br><br>

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