tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri May 23 20:45:41 1997
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Re: vIttlheghmey: was Dream Proverb
- From: Terrence Donnelly <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: vIttlheghmey: was Dream Proverb
- Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 21:44:04 -0500
At 05:02 PM 5/23/97 -0700, SuSvaj wrote:
>
> As long as we are on the topic of made up proverbs, I always thought that
> the Addams Family Credo of "Sic Gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc", (We
> gladly feast on those who would subdue us.) cried out for Klingon. My
> rendition would be:
>
> nuchargh 'e' neHbogh nuvpu' wISopqu'mo' mabel.
Ya know, "gladly" doesn't really mean "happy" in a case like this. It really
means "willingly" (I can't find a word for "glad" in the latin quote, either).
That being the case, I'd go for the much pithier
nuchargh luneHbogh nuvpu' wISopqangbej
> SuSvaj
>
-- ter'eS