tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Nov 27 08:34:16 1995
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Re: qeylIS betleH
>Date: Fri, 24 Nov 1995 12:47:24 -0800
>From: Craig Altenburg <[email protected]>
>>> Dax and Kor bid each other maj ram. [KLD has maj = good (excl)]
>>>Apparently a noun be added following an exclamation (interjection).
>>
>>Apparently someone either is trying to use "real" :-) Klingon and failing
>>badly, or is intentionally changing the rules. I favor my first theory --
>>"Never ascribe to malice what can be explained by stupidity."
>We have been told that there are no "polite" greetings in Klingon. (other
>than "nuqneH"). It seens to me that "maj ram" would not be a Klingon
>expression, but could have been an attempt to translate "good night". "ram
>QaQ", which would seem to me to be better Klingon, would refer to a night
>which is good. I might translate "good night" as something like "ram QaQ
>Daghajjaj" (although that seems a bit formal) or "ram QaQ yIghaj" (which
>sounds a bit harsh).
FWIW, my personal favorite translation of "good night" is "ram yItIv".
Sufficiently forceful for a Klingon... :)
~mark