tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Dec 14 20:10:14 1996
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Re: KLBC: yet more again...
- From: "Donald E. Vick" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: yet more again...
- Date: Sat, 14 Dec 1996 20:04:59 -0800 (PST)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "David Trimboli" at Dec 14, 96 04:00:33 pm
> Using {-wIj} is considered derogatory, but for some reason I doubt that
> Klingons would use it just to insult someone. I think it's more of a taboo
> than a method of insult. Besides, if your so-called lord is not worthy of
> being referred to with {-wI'}, is he worth insulting?
If someone's *mother* is not important enough to be referred to with {-wI'},
is she worth insulting? So it would seem from the canon <Hab SoSlIj Quch>.
taDI'oS vIq, law'wI'pu'vaD Holtej jIH
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