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Re: Query on KKlock



[email protected] wrote:
: I Love the Klingon Klock, but one question, on the alarm, the last setting is
: ' Time for qagh'. What is 'qagh'? I'd love to know.

nuq 'oH qagh'e'?!  bISagh'a'?  qagh SovnISbej Hoch tlhInganna'!

qagh  
gagh, serpent worm ["A Klingon delicacy, best served live. Serpent worms."
(MSN) Okrand goes into some 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.]
 - qagh DaSop 
   You are eating serpent worms. CK
 - vIH qagh
   The serpent worms are moving! CK
 - qagh Sopbe'
   He doesn't eat gagh! TKW
["For Klingons ... this is a rather mild dismissive remark, not a strong
insult." TKW: 137]
 - 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

-- Voragh



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