tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Mar 15 22:39:27 2014
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Last X and testament?
When I read (ghItlh Qav), the image that comes to mind is the scene in The Holy Grail when the scribe reads the text that another scribe obviously wrote while being killed.
While I accept your point, this seems like an English speaker looking for a specific, uniform, concise term for the cannibalistic preference for eating the heart or liver of another person. It’s repugnant to the culture, and there probably isn’t a specific, uniform, concise term for it. You probably have to explain what you mean.
Heghpa’, QaQtaHghachmey DelmeH lom, ghItlh.
lojmIt tI’wI’ nuv ‘utlh
Door Repair Guy, Retired Honorably
On Mar 15, 2014, at 6:58 PM, ghunchu'wI' <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mar 15, 2014, at 12:11 PM, lojmIt tI'wI' nuv 'utlh <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> I really think that Klingon mentality is…
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> You give good arguments.
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> 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.
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> Of the suggestions I've seen, I like {ghitlh Qav} the best.
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> -- ghunchu'wI'
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