tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Sep 30 08:55:42 1996
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Re: KLBC: pubtaH 'IwwIj choHHotDI' ( was just KLBC)
- From: "Donald E. Vick" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: pubtaH 'IwwIj choHHotDI' ( was just KLBC)
- Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 08:47:09 -0700 (PDT)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "Mike Rowe" at Sep 30, 96 08:20:51 am
ghItlh vay':
> >Saying that one's blood is boiling to > mean that one is angry is (I'm pretty
> >sure) idiomatic.
jang batlhro':
> Well I am sure it is a idiom but I am not expressing anger. I am expressing
> passion.
jIjang:
He's right, we have canon in PK for Klingon idiom using blood temperature
as a metaphor for passion, or lack thereof. I don't remember the Hol, but Dr.
O. recommended saying "The blood of the warrior grows cold" to fend off
unwanted sexual advances by a female Klingon.
taDI'oS vIq, law'wI'pu'vaD Holtej jIH
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