tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Nov 21 07:20:38 1995
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Re: jIlIH(')egh, etc.
On 21 Nov 95 at 6:50, Elizabeth C. Hoyt <[email protected]> wrote:
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> On Tue, 21 Nov 1995, Christian Matzke wrote:
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> > Similar question: what plural suffix should be used on qa' (spirit)?
> > qa'pu' fits with the Klingon idea that the body is merely a shell,
> > while the true person is the spirit.
> > qa'Du' works since the spirit is part of the person.
> > qa'mey seems as wrong IMO. Anyone else have a suggestion?
> >
> > maSqa'
>
> Well, if the body is merely a shell, then any body part is a part of the
> shell, while the spirit is not--it is the true person, then you'd have to
> use -pu'. -Du' would be wrong. IMHO. (Am I making sense here, or
> rambling? ;)
>
> I guess the test is: Can we say that a spirit is a being which uses language?
That's the rub. Can they speak? Well, Hamlet's father does, but he
was a lomqa'. The only cannon example is given as "May the spirit of
Kahless live within you"; no mention of his spirit having a
conversation with you...
> tlheghmeQ
maSqa'
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"Had I not known that I was dead already,
I would have mourned the loss of my life"
-Ota Dokan, Japanese poet
(written while a knife protruded from his chest)
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