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RE: Klingon WOTD: pIm (v)

• From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
• Subject: RE: Klingon WOTD: pIm (v)
• Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 12:18:08 -0700

> jatlh quljIb:
> >I'm curious: how would y'all interperet <pImwI'>? 
> I'd think of someone outside the social norms of 
> Klingon society.

jang DujHoD. jatlh:
> It doesn't necessarily have to be a person, qar'a'? 
> For example:
> 
> jonwI' 1: cha'pujqutmey motlh vIparHa'.
> jonwI' 2: pImwI'mey vImaS.
> 
> (Translation:
> ENGINEER 1: I like the standard dilithium crystals.
> ENGINEER 2: I prefer the different ones [i.e., the 
> crystals that have unique properties, color, etc.].)
> 
> Someone else can probably think of a better example.

nIv chovnatlhwIj 'e' vImaqbe', 'ach QIvbe' 'e' vItul.

tlhIngan puq Quj: ravDaq Dochmey law' lutu'lu'. rap HochHom. pImwI' yISam.


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