tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jul 26 18:10:34 1997
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Re: KLBC: Re: A pun
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: Re: A pun
- Date: Sat, 26 Jul 97 21:23:25 UT
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