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Re: Hamlet translations



On Sunday, 05 January 1997 00:00, Holtej wrote:

> "nunnery: lit., squadron of the celibate.  (The closest Klingon 
> equivalent of a monastic order, these were bands of warriors -- of either

> gender -- who dedicated their lives to fighting, to the point of refusing

> to mate.)

Doesn't this miss the double entendre use by the translator (Shakespeare)
of nunnery: a brothel?

Qapla'
Dave C.


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