tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 20 10:51:55 1994
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RE: negative angle
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: negative angle
- Date: Tue, 20 Dec 94 13:51:52 EST
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>; from "David E G Sturm" at Dec 20, 94 10:30 am
According to David E G Sturm:
>
> On Sun, 18 Dec 1994, Steve Weaver wrote:
>
> > IMHO A vulcan Captain is more likly to tell someone to place their weapon
> > at a "negative angle" than a Klingon...
>
> I was referring to what a Klingon captain would tell his Klingon marine
> to do: lower a weapon aimed at a joint adversary, yet don't remove it
> from readiness. Exactly as seen in ST3 down on the Genesis planet.
>
> Dave.
As I remember it, Kruge's manner of communication was quite
simple and direct. He grabbed his soldier's disruptor by the
barrel and shoved it downward. That's a lot simpler than:
nuHlIj yItaHmoH.
And it is less likely to be misunderstood to mean, "Cause your
weapon to endure!" resulting in a vulnerable moment when your
entire crew turns in unison to say:
nuqjatlh?
An opportunistic enemy might choose such a time to wipe out
half your away team while they still had that puzzled look on
their faces. Face it, {taH} is a prime candidate for most
useless word in the Klingon vocabulary.
'oy' DaSIQjaj.
charghwI'
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