tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jul 27 17:46:36 1999
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Re: New to list...Hi!
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: New to list...Hi!
- Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 20:44:12 EDT
In a message dated 7/23/1999 6:42:01 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
<< This is a greeting. Klingon actually doesn't have any greetings like they
are used in English. The "politest" way of starting a conversation in
Klingon is just to begin speaking, without any greetings. When somebody is
walking up to you and seems to want something from you, you can ask
{nuqneH} - "whaddyawant?". Some people on this list tend to use {nuqneH} as
a greeting like "hello", but this is very un-klingon. We also have {SuH} and
{Su'}, both meaning "ready". They are used in some contexts to catch
someone's attention, but be careful. We have an example in the movies ( in
ST I ): the captain says to the gunner: {SuH.......baH!} -
"Ready.......fire!"
>and "Budweiser" in K.
Well, "Budweiser" is a proper name. How would you say this in French or
Swedish or any other language? It would still be "Budweiser". If your
Klingon texts contain proper names, I wouldn't recommend transcribing them
into the Klingon "alphabet". It's confusing since people usually think it's
a new word they haven't heard of yet. Just leave the English spelling and
mark it with asterisks: {*Budweiser* lutlhutlh} - "They drink Budweiser."
>>
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