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Re: KLBC: Re: A pun



Stardate 97566.4 jatlh muHwI':

> TPO wrote:
>  >For those who either weren't at the qep'a' or just didn't hear it, here's
>  >a pun I came up with then (to go with the famous peghmey vIttlhegh):
>  >
>  >  Hegh ghajbe'bogh ram rur Qov ghajbe'bogh jaj!
> 
>  I am not sure how to translate that. mu'tlheghDaj vImughlaHbe'.
> --> (word-for-word) --> Death which-has-not night it-resembles "Qov"
> which-has-not day.
> --> (english word order) --> day which-not-has Qov resembles night
> which-has-not death
> --> (so I got) --> "A day without Qov is like a night without death."

majQa'!!!

This was a play on the PK proverb

Hov ghajbe'bogh ram rur pegh ghajbe'bogh jaj
A day without secrets is like a night without stars.

-- 
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
Stardate 97568.5


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