tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Dec 05 20:06:50 1996
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RE: Why bother with pong?
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Why bother with pong?
- Date: Thu, 5 Dec 96 22:19:06 UT
December 04, 1996 6:38 PM, jatlh JEFF ZEITLIN:
> That said, I have a question for the list at large - does
> <<yIngachuqegh>> mean what I think it means, and is it as
> insulting in Klingon as what I think it means is in English?
You missed a couple of glottal stops. As for how grammatical it is, I'm not
sure. It depends on whether {nga'chuq} is a word *{nga'} with a suffix (in
which case, your phrase is not), or if it is a single, seperate word.
I don't know if a Klingon would find this insulting; he'd probably just look
at you strangely. After all, what's really so insulting about shouting "go
perform a pleasureable reproductive process"?
The Power Klingon tape gives an example of an insult: {targhlIj yIngagh
yIruch!} "Go mate with your targ!" Now THAT's insulting!
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