tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jun 09 22:05:09 1999
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Re: 'oy'DI' QuchwIj, jIQuch!
SuSvaj:
: KFGT gives us (paw') for "butting heads"
voragh:
> This use of {paw'} is slang.
SuSvaj:
: Quite so. But it's cannon and quite useable.
quSDaq bIba'. *Everything* Okrand writes is, by definition, canon -
including the problematic {qIp'egh nachDu'chaj tlhIngan SuvwI'pu'}. My
point wasn't canonicity, but register. As it turns out, Okrand
specifically says in KGT, "There is no simple non-slang verb for 'butt
heads'."
Go figure.
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons