tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue May 16 07:41:39 1995
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Re: Best of three law'/puS
- From: [email protected] (Steve Weaver)
- Subject: Re: Best of three law'/puS
- Date: Tue, 16 May 1995 10:42:34 -0500
Tue, 16 May 1995 09:20:18 -0400 ghItlh charghwI':
<....snip...>(SnIp...SnI'p ???)...>
>> majQa
>> muQaplu'bej <- or is THAT "stretching" it a bit?
>
>Qap - In "Okrand's notes", HolQeD Vol. 2, No. 4: win (a
>competition) [presumed verb, though Okrand didn't bother to
>notate this] "'To win' a competition is Qap. (If it's a
>decisive or particularly gratifying victory, they'd say
>Qapchu', even though that's a bit redundant.) In TKD, Qap is
>translated as 'succeed, work, function.' To a Klingon, to win
>is to function perfectly."
Grrrrrrrrrr {{:-# (Is this where I use {Qu'vatlh} ??)! I was shooting for
"It works for me" with {muQaplu'bej} *sigh* (everyone enjoy the joke at my
expense *sniff* *sniff* :.-( ) Another important lesson learned, "Be
cautious with idioms!". OK, charghwI', how would YOU say "It works for me"?
>I'm having trouble twisting my brain around to figure out how
>any of these interpretations of the verb Qap can have a person
>as the object, unless you are considering yourself to be the
>prize which is won.
Weeeellllll, truth be know, I have been considered a "prize", but my
humility (Who said "ego" ??) dissuades me from expounding.... }};-).
>Sorry, Steve. I'm not that kind of guy. {{:)> ["Ohhhhh, I'm a
>lumberjack and I'm okaaaaay, ...]
Idunno.... You cut down trees, you skip and jump........
vuDlIj vIneHchugh vaj Dochmey'e' ngaSbogh chorlIj vIlaD
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vIta'pu'be' !!! tlhIngan ghaH *Bart Simpson*'e'
Steve Weaver [email protected]
Who's thinking about using {Soqra'tIS} or {chamwI'} for
His Hol name (that's chamwI' as in "Tennessee Tuxido and....")
Someone stop me before I pun again!