tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Feb 14 08:37:12 1997
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Re: Success
On Fri, 14 Feb 1997, Ivan A Derzhanski wrote:
|Is it believable that there is a word for `success', {Qapla'}, but none
|for `failure', and a word for `victory', {yay}, but no noun for `defeat'?
I can hardly resist adding the Okrand-like comment, "To a Klingon, this is
highly significant."
It reminds me of the widespread American military and business maxim:
"Failure is not an option." Motivational, yes; logical, no.
-- Voragh