tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Aug 08 07:58:18 1994
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Re: Have a nice day.
- From: HoD trI'Qal <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Have a nice day.
- Date: Mon, 8 Aug 1994 19:54:14 -0400 (EDT)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "Coz" at Aug 7, 94 10:37:38 pm
>
>
> >
> > > tera'gnan jang tlhingan
> > > "DaH HIHoH"
> >
> > I'd make it a little clearer that the Klingon was instructing
> > the human on what to say instead of what to do:
> > DaH HIHoH yIjatlh.
> >
> > charghwI'
> >
> Actually, clarity is most definately NOT what I want. A little ambiguity
> lets the joke have two different feelings and still retain its humor.
>
> Example: The Klingon rolls his eyes back into his head, slaps his ridges in
> disgust at the Terran and replies, "Kill me now!"
>
> OR
>
> The Klingon carefully pronounces "DaH HIHoH" so that the naieve human will
> repeat the words precisely, even if he doesn't understand what he will be
> telling a Klingon to do to him.
>
> See?
KoSneHoy...
This second meaning is what was intended from the first. Please read
charghwI's comments in the first half of this post, bearing this in mind.
--tQ
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