tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Aug 21 06:42:50 1997
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Re: KLBC?: Gilbert and Sullivan
- From: Marian Schwartz <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC?: Gilbert and Sullivan
- Date: 21 Aug 97 09:40:57 EDT
mughItlh SuStel
>I presume you're intentionally changing this from a nautical context to a
>space one. That's fine. Still, TKW tells us that Klingons have a history of
>nautical experiences.
{bIQ'a'} would throw off the meter.
>Then again, this is hardly a song worthy of honorable Klingons.
quv chaH 'e' Harbe'bej HeSwI'pu'.
>> machIj 'ej wImevjaj!
>
>I think you meant {machIj 'e' wImevjaj!}.
bIlughchu'.
>> latlh yaH wItaghjaj!
>> maHeS 'e' wISermoHmeH
>
>You meant {wISarmoHmeH}.
bIlughtaH.
>The main problem here is that you've
>attempted to keep the same number of syllables (though not the stress) in each
>line. This will make the grammar suffer.
*Gilbert* bom'a'vam 'eymo' neH bomvam vImugh. *poem* neH 'oHchugh, vImughbe'.