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}} 'Smoking', in defense of my sig, and {QaQ}

• From: "Matt 'I am man, hear me watch Seinfeld' Treyvaud" <[email protected]>
• Subject: }} 'Smoking', in defense of my sig, and {QaQ}
• Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 00:22:41 +1000 (EST)

Y'ello

The .sig text isn't supposed to be play on words... just a coincidence 
that the two words sound similar in English. 

Now something different: how to convey the idea of 'smoking' (a 
cigarette) in Klingon. OK, the question is probably academic (Klingons 
don't have cigarettes, right?) but I need to know. What I have is:

{tlhIch vItlhuHtaH} = I am breathing smoke.

Which I don't like because it assumes {tlhuH} can take an object. I was 
thinking that something like this might work:

{tlhIchDaq jItlhuHtaH} = I am breathing, in/at the smoke.

Oh yeah, before I forget, re: the verb {QaQ} - does 'good' in this sense 
mean 'not naughty' or 'skilled/proficient/etc.'? 
 Now that I think of it, this sort of 'meaning' or 'verb transitivity' 
question must get asked a lot... is there an FAQ or something for the 
unclear parts of the dictionary?

    C /\ T  
   F /()\ C  yInmeyraj boSIQjaj
  C /____\    
    GANTA

(better? Now there's no chance of people thinking I'm trying to 
transliterate wordplay... now it's more like what I wanted it to be - an 
unfunny signoff from a Klingon viewpoint (I hate {Qapla'} :))

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