tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Aug 08 03:25:36 1996
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Re: Something fun
To start with, you should note that "Klinzhai" is not a canon word;
as far as we know, the people are {tlhIngan}, the language is {tlhIngan Hol},
and the planet is {Qo'noS}.
Anyway, ignoring the recent debate over the subtle meanings of the "I am" part
of the original quotation and whether or not {jIH} conveys them adequately,
try one of these:
vIje'qu'taH vaj jIH!
or
vIje'qu'taHmo' jIH!
The {je'qu'taH} means "buy intensely continuously", which is about as
close as I can get to "splurge". Call that construct "X" so I don't
have to type all that again :-), then the former is literally "I X,
thus I am"; the second is "Because I X, I am".
-marqoS
"Clay P. Evans" <[email protected]> writes:
\ I'm doing a poster for an art show - a Klinzhai version of the comic
\ strip "Cathy".
\
\ My question is: How would "I splurge, therefore I am" translate?
\
\ "Look - if I'd have wanted a lecture on the rights of man I'd have gone
\ to bed with Martin Luther." --- Edmund Blackadder, Blackadder 2: "Money"
\
\
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