tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Aug 31 12:22:01 1994
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Re: Ha'DIbaH
>> ... If you were in a group of tlhInganpu', would you
>> consider it more of an insult to be called:
>>
>> Ha'DIbaHpu'
>>
>> or
>>
>> Ha'DIbaHmey
>
>Either one could get you killed. Given that, does it really
>matter? The first one is possibly less insulting than the
>second, though not much.
Just curious. It popped into my head the other day when I was having a
"conversation" with someone and I started to say things in tlhIngan to him.
>> targh'a' boHoH
>
>Was this intended to be a statement or a suggestion? As a
>statement, "You kill the great targ," is a wee bit odd. For
>that matter {targh'a' yIHoH} would also be somewhat strange.
>What context inspired this, anyway? I get the sense that I'm
>missing something.
I was very tired when I wrote it. I originally wanted it to say, "May you
kill a big targ" But I couldn't find a word for "may". So I figured that I
would post it, and see what replies I would get to that.
>charghwI'
b'ret
will find something else witty to have as tag line soon, hopefully.