tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Apr 13 21:42:53 1994
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Re: Warped
- From: Will Martin <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Warped
- Date: Thu, 14 Apr 94 09:40:34 EDT
marqem responds to Lawrence's joke about ta'ta':
> > Unfortunately, it doesn't work grammatically. ta' is 'to
> > accomplish', not 'to be accomplished'; for that you must use
> > rIn. ta'ta' could only mean 'he/she/it/they has/have
> > accomplished what h/she/it set out to accomplish'. Close,
> > but no cigar.
Lawrence responds:
> Sigh. Literalists. So, I botched the English a bit...
charghwI' supportively offers:
So? It could be a clipped {vIta'ta'}, or even more amusingly, it could
come from the lips of a wobbling Klingon with a spear through his midsection,
recognizing his imminent demise, he might look up to you and utter a clipped
{muta'ta'}. He clips, recognizing that two syllables are about all he has
left, so as the blood drips from his lips, he smiles and says, "ta'ta'" and
falls over dead.
Now THERE'S a stylish exit!
charghwI'