tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Nov 22 09:22:51 1994
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Re: Some simple phrases
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Some simple phrases
- Date: Tue, 22 Nov 94 12:00:31 EST
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>; from "Richard Kennaway" at Nov 21, 94 1:40 pm
According to Richard Kennaway:
>
> Could someone pass judgement on the following phrases? I'm pretty sure
> they're unexceptionable (two of them are even in the handy phrases section
> of TKD), but I'd like confirmation before I speak them on national TV.
>
>
> tlhInganHol Dajatlh DaneH'a'
> Would you like to speak Klingon?
Good, but {tlhIngan Hol} is two words, not one (though on TV,
they probably can't tell the difference).
> HIjol
> Beam me up.
Fine.
> qama'pu' tISuqbe'
> Take no prisoners. (Could this be clipped to qama'pu' Suqbe'?)
{jon} would probably be a better verb choice:
qama'pu' tIjonbe'
As for clipping, you probably would also drop the plural suffix:
qama' jonbe'!
Similarly, if you prefer to keep {Suq}:
qama' Suqbe'!
> nuqDaq yuch Dapol
> Where do you keep the chocolate?
Fine.
So, why will you be on TV? Fill us in on the juicy details of
your moment of glory.
> ___
> \X/ Richard Kennaway, [email protected], Univ. of East Anglia, Norwich
charghwI'