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chay' qagh bovut?



Skywaltzer wrote:
:      You want to cook qagh? Live serpent worms? It's easy! first, go to
: tlhlngan wo' and get some serpent worms, then, put them on a plate, and 
: serve them, it's just that simple, let's go to a clip Nancy...

How do you prepare gagh?

Okrand goes into detail in KCD on the distinction between ghargh--which
refers to serpent worms as animals--and qagh--which refers to serpent worms
alive but with seasonings and sauce added, served as food, and which is
never pluralized. Let's go to the canon Nancy...

qagh  gagh, serpent worm
 - qagh DaSop 
   You are eating serpent-worms. CK
 - vIH qagh 
   The serpent-worms are moving! CK
 - qagh Sopbe' 
   He doesn't eat gagh! TKW
 - yIntaHbogh qagh jablu'DI' reH nIvqu' qagh 
   Gagh is always best when served live. TKW
 - qagh, ro'qegh'Iwchab, targh tIq Sop 'e' lungIl Humanpu' puS 
   Few humans dare to eat gagh, rokeg blood pie, or heart of targ. S21

ghargh  serpent, worm
 - <yajchu'. ghargh... veQ> (??) 
   [Understood clearly. Worms... garbage! (untranslated)] ST3
 - pubtaHbogh ghargh HIq vItlhutlh 
   I will drink boiling worm wine. PK

reghuluS 'Iwghargh  Regulan bloodworm TKD

'Iwghargh  bloodworm PK
 - reH HIvje'lIjDaq 'Iwghargh Datu'jaj 
   May you always find a bloodworm in your glass! PK

Hmmm... pubtaHbogh ghargh HIq "boiling worm wine" (PK). Is that:
 1.  pubtaHbogh gharghHIq   "boiling "worm-wine" (worm-wine which has been
boiled or served hot, somewhat like Terran sake)?
 2.  pubtaHbogh ghargh HIq  "boiling-worm wine" (wine that contains a boiled
worm, somewhat like Terran tequila)?

-- Voragh




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