tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Dec 15 17:38:02 1994
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Re: Dear Kordite: A Klingon Advice Column
On Thu, 15 Dec 1994, Mark E. Shoulson wrote:
> >Date: Thu, 15 Dec 1994 00:57:10 -0500
> >Originator: [email protected]
> From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>
> The phrase "I love you" does exist. BangwII jiH or jiH bang SoE
>
> There was a thread on that a long time ago. I personally go with the
> 1st one, but my girlfriend likes the 2nd one. Never been able to figure
> out who is *provably* right.
>
> Neither, unless I can't read through the typos. I mean, Klingon doesn't
> have a lower-case i or captial E in its standard orthograpohy, so I can't
> even read these. The best "I love you" I can think of is "banwI' SoH",
> which literally means "You are my beloved." I suppose that's close to the
> first alternative. I can find no support for stuff r3esembling the second
> one you gave.
>
The 2nd one is just a "word by word" translation, the first one was
provided thru 'debate' on the list.
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