tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Mar 15 17:23:03 2014
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Last X and testament?
- From: Fiat Knox <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Last X and testament?
- Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 00:22:41 +0000 (GMT)
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<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:18pt"><div><span>{<span style="font-weight: bold;">ghItlh Qav</span>}, sure. Or perhaps {<span style="font-weight: bold;">QIn Qav</span>}.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 24px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">It struck me that only an alien would leave behind a <span style="font-weight: bold;">QIn Qav</span><span> - Klingons make a point of honouring verbal contracts. When a Klingon says something will be done, it gets done or the Klingon faces dishonour. Never any need to write anything down. One of the reasons why they and humans get along <span style="font-style: italic;">so</span> well ... "Can I have that in writing?" translates in Klingon to "I do not trust your honour."<br></span></div><div style="display: block;" class="yahoo_quoted"> <br>
<br> <div style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Sunday, 16 March 2014, 0:04, ghunchu'wI' <[email protected]> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div class="y_msg_container">On Mar 15, 2014, at 12:11 PM, lojmIt tI'wI' nuv 'utlh <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:[email protected]"; href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> I really think that Klingon mentality is…<br clear="none"><br clear="none">You give good arguments.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">They aren't completely relevant, though. The question is not one of Klingon culture and mentality, but
rather one of how to concisely describe in Klingon something that is well embedded in "Western Terran" culture.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Of the suggestions I've seen, I like {ghitlh Qav} the best.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">-- ghunchu'wI' <div class="yqt6424285714" id="yqtfd15869"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Tlhingan-hol mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:[email protected]"; href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://mail.kli.org/mailman/listinfo/tlhingan-hol"; target="_blank">http://mail.kli.org/mailman/listinfo/tlhingan-hol</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>_______________________________________________
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