tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Dec 04 19:04:46 1996
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RE: KLBC: interrogative punctuation
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: interrogative punctuation
- Date: Thu, 5 Dec 96 00:07:24 UT
December 03, 1996 4:07 PM, jatlh ~mark:
> Now, because it means "Yo, listen up," "SSS" is also used when ordering
> animals. That's a borrowing from ordinary commands, I would think.
> Although we're told that "SSS" should precede all pet commands, we are NOT
> told that it should ONLY precede commands to pets. Indeed, we are told
> (p.57) that it means the speaker is about to give orders, presumably to
> people.
As Michael Dorn tells us, the "yo, listen up" attention-grabber is "{SuH},
which some Klingon speakers pronounce as {SSS}." (Well, okay, Dorn says
"sh-sh-sh.") You can use either one when commanding pets.
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