tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon May 29 11:19:28 1995
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Re: The `Ring Rhyme' in Klingon (fwd)
R.B,
> > > HIvqa' veqlargh. I meant V = vowel.
>
> > Erm.. for the life of me I can't figure out what you said.
> > Something to do with attacking and nasty odours???
>
> {HIvqa' veqlargh} means "Fek'lhr strikes again." Fek'lhr is a devil-like
> being in Klingon mythology who rules {ghe''or} (Gre'thor), the realm
> where the dishonored go when they die.
Damn that appendix.. I can never ever remember to look a word up in there if
I can't find it in the main dictionary.
That Klingon Devil "Fek'lhr", wasn't he represented in the episode "Devils
Due"!?!
> The sentence is a common replacement proverb. When a Klingon makes an
> embarrassing mistake, he uses a replacement proverb to cover for it.
> Examples of several replacement proverbs are found in the Power
> Klingon audio-tape.
I shall have to get round to buying PK.
Got CK though..
--Khalic--