tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Mar 31 21:11:38 1994
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Warped
Okay, so I'm plowing through three weeks of backed up email. I'm only about a
week through it as I write this (which is feeling OH SO ironic when I come
across remarks on indicating past tense in narrative, but nevermind). Then
out of nowhere comes the following idea.
Given the brusque, in-your-face, don't-waste-my-time, nature of Klingon, and
the word of Marc Okrand that Klignons don't have a word for "farewell" but
rather simply leave (this from an NPR interview he did some time back)
consider this point:
A klingon will leave when his/her task is complete. If a foolish human
didn't understand and asked the klingon why he/she was going, the Klingon
might state the obvious fact by replying:
ta'ta' it is accomplished
If you get the joke, then you'll probably want to join in with me in sending
Marc a collective groan, as in many ways this (if it IS deliberate on his
part) is the worst pun in TKD. If you don't get the joke, work on it.
Lawrence
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