tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Aug 11 23:32:20 1997
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Re: Duj DoqDaq mayIntaH Hoch ...
ja' Qov:
>mutojchu'ta'. jonwI' vIgho'bejpu'.
"ambush" DaDellaw'. :-)
>We don't have a huge body of Klingon culture and literature to draw
>on for allusion or symbolism, but what we have we beat senseless.
Daja'qa'laH...
chay' jIHvaD tlhaQchoHchu' <ghobe', SuD>? jISovbe', 'ach tlhaQbej!
pab mu'tay' je poQ Hol, 'ach potlhba' je nugh tIgh je.
qaSlaw'pu'bogh tlhIngan wanI'Hey 'ang <Hov leng> qunqoq.
tlhIngan Hol wIHaDtaHvIS bov wISIQlI'. vI'taH wanI'na' DIqawbogh.
I'm still trying to figure out exactly how {ghobe', SuD!} ceased to
be a cryptic pseudo-humorous phrase for me and actually became funny.
There's obviously more to a language than just vocabulary and grammar;
shared cultural experience is important. Klingon as a real language
has been around long enough to start accumulating *actual* culture in
addition to the simulated culture portrayed in Star Trek.
-- ghunchu'wI'