tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Aug 31 03:31:14 1994
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Re: Ha'DIbaH
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> tlhInganpu'
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> (I fade back to English) If you were in a group of tlhInganpu', would you
> consider it more of an insult to be called:
>
> Ha'DIbaHpu'
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> or
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> Ha'DIbaHmey
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> I know that Ha'DIbaHpu' is not correct, but it might get the desired effect
> more than Ha'DIbaHmey would.
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> Oh well. Just curious as to what the 'list' thinks.
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> targh'a' boHoH
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> b'ret
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Just to be grammatical I would have to go with <Ha'DIbaHpu'>.
In this case the meaning would be clear without getting a raised klingon
eyebrow from some linguisticly savvy tlhInganpu'. Thus avoiding a baddly
places replacment proverb.
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