tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon May 15 08:00:13 1995

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Re: Darn It!

• From: David E G Sturm <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Darn It!
• Date: Mon, 15 May 1995 11:00:30 -0400 (EDT)
• In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>

> >Okrand 
> >replied {Qu'vatlh}.
> 
> what they mean, etc.  He was just humoring them.  They *tried* to say
> Qu'vatlh ever after, but failed miserably at making anything that even
> resembled it, and Okrand never corrected them.

I recommend the excellent way to teach this to students is to have them 
express it when tying on a necktie ("cravat")....  Cravat is close to 
being a gloss of Qu'vatlh  (kr@ 'va:t)/(Qu9 'va:L)....  And I often need 
an expletive to scream when putting on a tie!  :-)

Dave.

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