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Re: vIttlheghmey: was Dream Proverb



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' 







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