tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu May 16 23:51:53 1996
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Re: KLBC:Name that Song
- From: [email protected] (Daniel Noll)
- Subject: Re: KLBC:Name that Song
- Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 16:51:33 +1000
>>> I thought that the band's name meant Rage [as a noun] to the detriment of
>>> the machine. Oh, but I also thought that the 'machine' in this case was the
>>> government or similar,
>> In both you are correct, but the machine can also be seen as the constraints
>> that cause the inability to do something constructive with ones live, thus
>> raging against the overpowering odds of Capitalism, that which causes misery.
> Okay, which is it? You seem to say that you agree with Ford that "Rage"
> is a noun, but you then use it as a verb. Is the band's name supposed to
> mean "complain angrily and violently about" the machine, or is it supposed
> to mean "violent anger which is placed adjacent to" the machine?
mughmeywIj vIghaj:
jo' QIHvaD peQeHqu'
" (you plural) rage for the destruction of the machine! "
pagh:
jo' Qaw'bogh QeH'a'
" Rage (noun) which destroys the machine. "
cha'DIch wa'DIch joq lajlu' 'e' vISovbe',
'ach QaQ bIH 'e' vIQub.
Qapla'
Ford
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