tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jan 19 13:34:41 1996
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Re: perpetual Today Is A ***** - summing-up {hopefully!}
FINALLY!!! An intelligent answer! THIS at least gives me some basis to work on.
Thanks! I appreciate someone actually getting down to the bare bones of the
whole debate.
>
> It was Worf. He spoke the line, and people jumped on it as a piece
> of fine Klingon sentiment, worthy of translation into its "original"
> language. Unfortunately, its grammar as presented is so completely
> un-Klingon that any simplistic translation comes out very ugly. It
> is also not necessarily a really great thing for a Klingon to say.
>
> The recent fit of discussion was apparently triggered by Gowron, who
> mumbled something semi-intelligible in "Way of the Warrior" which Worf
> translated as the phrase in question.
>
> -- ghunchu'wI' batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj
>
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Doug "The MAD Klingon" Pandimen
aka Sergeant D'Karng "tlhIngan-dogh" K'Zharn, IKV QOQ'IQ/IKC De'wI'Daw
c/o: Jacen "The Jedi Twin" Cantwell
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