tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jan 29 06:10:49 1997
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Re: Klingon phonaesthemes
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> jatlh Greg Wright:
> >Love translates as b a n g.
> >Bang. Love. Think about that.
>
> Does that mean that Klingons refer to their "first" or "best" as the BIG BANG?
Hmmmmmm... Did anyone else have the phrase, ". . . best bang since the
big one" run through their head? :)
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> On that subject, in the TNG episode "Birthright", Worf says that he "loves"
> Ba'el. That would indicate that Klingons do feel "love" in nearly the same
> fashion as humans.
chaq wo'rIv lupepmo' Humanmey qechvam ja'. tlhIngan ghaHbej, 'ach chaq rut
Human rurlaw'. mogh puqloD ghaH, 'ach *Rozhenko puqloD ghaH je.
wIvqu', law'wI'pu'vaD Holtej jIH
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