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Re: "short"



More puns.

According to Neal Schermerhorn:
> 
> ghItlh Lieven:
> 
> >What is the word for "short" ?
> >("Short Version")
> 
> short in length for an object = tIqHa'
> short in duration = ngaj

Engage! swish!

> short in stature = run

Well, since "nt" is not an acceptable consonant cluster in
Klingon, this is as close to "runt" as you can get.

> I suppose, too, that "tall" would be runHa'. BTW, if you were a short
> Klingon, and you got into a fight, what's the best strategy?
> 
> run
> 
> Qermaq

nom qetnIS nuv run? ghobe'! batlh qIv yIchop!

charghwI'


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