tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Aug 16 08:41:54 1996
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Re: PK opening scene question
- From: Will Martin <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: PK opening scene question
- Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 11:40:10 -0400 ()
- Priority: NORMAL
On Tue, 13 Aug 1996 03:47:56 -0700 "Mark J. Reed"
<[email protected]> wrote:
...
> \
> \ > tera'ngan: <drawing phaser> Dochvetlh yItlhap!
> \
> \ Yes, this line is pretty bad. It obviously should be {vItlhap}, and the
> \ pronunciation is terrible.
> No, I don't see that it should be {vI-}. I interpret it as "Take that!",
> a phrase often uttered by English speakers when they are about to deliver
> some punishment to someone - although I'm surprised that he bothered,
> in the heat of the moment, to translate it. :)
This is definitely different than I thought it was. I
didn't imagine the human drawing a weapon. He sounds
entirely too apologetic. I think he was dancing, then
picking something up and offering to buy it in order to
avoid being shot, but he was just too late and too whimpy.
I thought it was {Dochvam vItlhap!}
> -marqoS
> --
> Mark J. Reed |
charghwI'