tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Aug 16 11:35:36 1994
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Re: Talk like a Klingon!
On Tue, 16 Aug 1994, d'Armond Speers wrote:
> > > Somebody else wrote:
> > > Klingons do not cry. Remember from ST6; no tear ducts. ({SaQ} prob'ly means
> > > "cry out").
> Not that languages can't tolerate synonymy, by any means, but we *are*
> given {jach} for "cry out." Given the small size of our lexicon, it's
> extremely inefficient to have two terms for this.
I would tend to suggest >SaQ< to be used in a constant wailing type of
cry--the vocal effect, not the tear duct effect of watering eyes. Would
a Klingon describe human tears as eyewater?
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