tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jun 03 11:59:13 1998
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RE: wanI' Huj
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: wanI' Huj
- Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 11:53:40 -0700
ghel Qonaq:
><< peHruSvaD jang Holtej:>>
>
>What is the definition/meaning of peHruSvaD and peHruS? I can't seem to
>find it.
As you noted in another post, peHruS is a name, so what I said was
"Holtej answers peHruS". I don't like the way my mailer identifies the
previous poster in a reply (with a big ugly block header), so I do it by
hand.
>Also your statement : << Hagh qoHpu' neH reghtaHvIS SuvwI'pu' >> does
>that mean something like "Only fools laugh at warriors bleeding"?
This was an attempt to be clever. One of the "replacement proverbs" from
the Conversational Klingon audiocassette is << Hagh qoHpu' neH
HeghtaHvIS SuvwI'pu' >>. Replacement proverbs are used to replace lost
honor after a social misstep, such as clumsily dropping food on the
floor (instead of eating it or flinging it at a tablemate in order to
start a food fight). Since Holtej's initial message concerned an
unexpected bloody nose, my little alteration seemed appropriate.
pagh