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Re: KLBC: Insult



[email protected] on behalf of [email protected] wrote:

> how is this for an insult:
> 
> chopbe' SoSlIj
> 
> Your mother doesn't bite!

The insultee would probably laugh at you; you need to use {-lI'} instead of 
{-lIj}.

The classic response to this is, "I used {-lIj} to make it more derogatory."  
However, I'm quite certain that Klingons would see it as bad grammar, rather 
than a bad insult.

-- 
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
Stardate 97568.2


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