tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Oct 31 11:12:38 1996
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Re: Halloween / "Heghlu'wI' jaj" ?
- From: "Donald E. Vick" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Halloween / "Heghlu'wI' jaj" ?
- Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 10:59:49 -0800 (PST)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "Joel Peter Anderson" at Oct 31, 96 09:23:40 am
>>> Stretching a bit, I thought perhaps "Day of the Dead":
>> Not good. "Halloween" means "All Hallow's Eve", i.e. the night before
>> the day of all the holy (honored?) ones.
>
> Um. Believe it or not, I know the derivation of Halloween.
> I skewed off to the Hispanic variant, the Day of the Dead
Um yourself. I know that it's called "Day of the Dead", but I think "Day
of the Honored Ones" sounds so much more Klingon. :)
>> "Heghlu'wI' jaj"
>>> ghobe'. "Hoch quvwI' jaj" yIlo'.
>
> HIra'Qo'qu'. vItlhobbe'ta'.
bItIqmoH 'e' DachID. <chaq> Dajatlh. mu'vetlh Dalo'mo', latlh qechmey
Datlhoblaw'. qara' 'e' yIQubQo'. jIchup neH. DungDaq yIghoS!
[note: DungDaq yIghoS = "Get over it"]
taDI'oS vIq, law'wI'pu'vaD Holtej jIH
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