tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 14 06:31:04 1993
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Klingon Merry Christmas?
- From: [email protected] (Mark E. Shoulson)
- Subject: Klingon Merry Christmas?
- Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1993 09:30:39 -0500
- In-Reply-To: Nick NICHOLAS's message of Tue, 14 Dec 93 11:43:30 EDT <[email protected]>
>From: [email protected] (Nick NICHOLAS)
>Date: Tue, 14 Dec 93 11:43:30 EDT
>batlh choja', Will Martin quv:
>= I think a Klingon would either say, "Merry Christmas" in English or not
>=at all, with all odds on the latter. Of course, it comes out sounding like
>="merI' QISmaS", unless the Klingon has learned English well enough to lose
>=the accent.
>Given the proliferation of Xmas songs here, I don't see why we can't assume
>*QISmaS* is a loan into Klingon, and express it as "Quchjaj QISmaSlij", or
>"SoHvaD Quchjaj QISmaS".
Perhaps... I dunno 'bout Christmases, but I've sung "DuQuchmoHjaj qoSlIj"
for "Happy birthday", and it fits.
>Nick "Meri Kurisimasu" Nicholas.
~mark