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Re: KLBC: Win 95 "Klingon-ized"

charghwI' writes:
>If the ambiguity you are concerned about centers around whether the action
>occurs on Qo'noS or whether the worms are on Qo'noS, I don't see this as
>ambiguous at all. Locatives apply to verbs only. There is no justification
>whatsoever for interpreting a locative to refer to a noun. Please point out
>some canon or rule I'm missing if I'm wrong on this.

bItlhobneSmo' jI'angqang.

HolQeD Volume 4, Number 2; "Interview:  Okrand on {-bogh} and more"
On page 6; Marc Okrand says:
>I was reading this bit about "I see the child you hit on the ship,"
>and for whatever reason what popped into my head was Groucho
>Marx, that old Groucho Marx joke, you know, "I just shot an
>elephant in my pajamas... and how he got in my pajamas I'll never
>know."  You can say that in Klingon, no problem; they'll get the
>joke.  There's not many jokes you can get to translate into Klingon,
>but that one would work.

It's not in the book, but it's straight from the source.

-- ghunchu'wI'               batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj

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