tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 05 10:36:49 1995
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Beds and Mushrooms...
- From: [email protected] (Bill Willmerdinger)
- Subject: Beds and Mushrooms...
- Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 22:59:28
uu> From: hfp95118 <ur-valhalla!ccsun.strath.ac.uk!hfp95118>
uu> Subject: Beds and Mushrooms...
uu> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
uu> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 04:55:13 -0800
uu> In my study of Russian I have encountered the idiomatic translation of
uu> the english expression "You've made your bed - now lie in it!" , which
uu> is (delightfully) "You've called yourself a mushroom - now get in the
uu> basket!"
uu> Discussing it with qSeroHS, he wondered how a Klingon would express
uu> this. I'm once again bereft of TKD (while we re-cover the more
uu> battle-scarred one) so I daren't make an attempt without, but I'd be
uu> interested to see how people on the list would phrase this (and I
uu> promise I'll make a stab at it when I get the TKD back... :)
I un-humbly submit (since when is a Klingon humble?):
may' yotlh DawIvqangta'. DaH, batlh yIHegh!
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