tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat May 24 15:07:09 1997
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Re: vIttlheghmey: was Dream Proverb
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: vIttlheghmey: was Dream Proverb
- Date: Sat, 24 May 1997 18:07:33 -0400 ()
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On Fri, 23 May 1997 20:54:59 -0700 (PDT) Terrence Donnelly
<[email protected]> wrote:
> 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).
vIQochqu'. jaghpu'wI' vISopchugh, jIQuchqu'. naQ burghwIj 'ej
jImon.
> That being the case, I'd go for the much pithier
>
> nuchargh luneHbogh nuvpu' wISopqangbej
Well, even then, it would be {DISopqangbej}.
> > SuSvaj
> >
>
> -- ter'eS
charghwI'