Re: jajmey vIqawlI' -- rIn qep'a' javDIch

["William H. Martin" <whm2m@virginia.edu>]

On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 16:10:51 -0400 K'ryntes <yoshi@surfshop.net> 
wrote:
> 
> Alan Anderson wrote:
> 
> > Qapbej qep'a' javDIch.
> 
> jIDach 'e' vIpay.

wa'nem yIjeS!
 
> >  Qapchu' 'e' vInoHlaHbe' 'ach Qapbejqu'.
> > qabDu' ngo', qabDu' chu' je DIlegh.  taghwI'na' po'wI'na' je DItu'.
> > ghuy'cha' nom jatlh nIchyon'e'.  taQmo' QIchDaj, Qatlh vIyajmeH Qu'.

loQ rurchuq <<a>> <<o>> <<u>> je. loQ rurchuq <<I>> <<e>> je. 
Hoch *consonants* vIyajlaH, 'ach jatlhDI' nIchon muwuQmoH DoDaj.

> > SaH je Marc Okrand.  wanI' tIvqu'law' ghaH.
> 
> reH qep'a' jaH'a' Marc Okrand?

roD jeS. wa'logh jeSbe'. wa'logh Hop 'ach nurI'meH ghogh HablI' 
lo'. reH jeSDI' qaStaHvIS wanI' 'ay' neH jeS.
 
> > lut DIjatlh. 

<<lomlIj yIqeng!>> vImugh 'ej much Holtej, ghunchu'wI', jIH je.

> > bom DIbom. 

*Barbershop quartet* chenmoH Qanqor, Seqram, ghunchu'wI', jIH 
je. wanI'vam vItIvchu'. Dun.

> > Quj DIQuj. 

'IHqu' *Michael S.U.* Quj. chenmoHmeH vumchu'. rItlh lo'DI' 
po'bej.

Ouch. I had not marked this as a pun in my dictionary before. 
Probably others already recognized it: rItlh <- Ritz.

> > wIchovlu'.
> > mareH 'ej maqID 'ej majaw.
> > tlhoS 'entepray' wIjon! :-)

Dunchu' wanI'vetlh! jatlh *Riker* "Sorry about the rough 
ride. The Klingons got in a good shot." SIbI' ro'maj DIpep 
'ej machuSchoH Hoch. naDchu' Hoch! 'entepray' beq wImerchu'. 
HaghchoHchu'. tlhoS pum.

> > qep'a' javDIch was an unqualified success.  Sure, there were things
> > that theoretically could have gone better, but nothing was *wrong*.

puS jeSwI'pu'. cha'maH chorgh jeSwI'pu' tu'lu'. Dach 'op 
juppu'wI'. wa'nem maghurjaj.

> > There were old faces and new, beginners and otherwise.  As for Nick
> > Nicholas -- dang, he talks fast!  I had a very hard time trying to
> > understand him through that weird Greek/Klingon accent.  And of course
> > Marc Okrand, who seemed to genuinely enjoy being there.
> >
> > We told stories and sang songs and played games.  We took the newly
> > crafted evaluation tests.
> 
> What were the tests like?  An overview of everything?  How did you do?
> A+++++!

wej qaD vIlaj. cha' qaD vIjon. wa'logh batlh jIHegh. {{:)>
 
> QInteS
> 
> >  We played and joked and chatted.  And we
> > almost took over the Enterprise. :-)
> >
> > mu' ghaj DIvI' Hol:  Glorious.
> >
> > -- ghunchu'wI'

charghwI' 'utlh