tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri May 22 19:14:36 1998
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Re: Correct me if I'm wrong but..
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- Subject: Re: Correct me if I'm wrong but..
- Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 21:14:30 -0500 (CDT)
>>Doesn't TKD say that using -wIj with a person is derogatory? So, just use
>>-wI'. Example: joHwI' my lord
>> joHwIj my lord (implication that he is inferior to you)
>>
>>tu'wI'
>
>Not only is it derogatory, it's suicidal to insult your betters like this.
>Okrand comments on this type of mistake in Klingon for the Galactic
>Traveller, p.190:
>
>"Mistakes of this kind are simply not tolerated and there are no recorded
>instances of anyone living long enough to repeat the offense."
My son tells me that a *bangwIj* would probably be the inflatable kind.
wIghbe'