tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Nov 10 11:19:35 1999
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Re: And then...? And then...? (And then along came Jones...) - ForMO
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- Subject: Re: And then...? And then...? (And then along came Jones...) - ForMO
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 14:18:35 EST
jatlh charghwI':
>We still need an exclammatory meaning, "So?" I guess we'll just
>have to do with facial expressions.
vIjatlh:
>Why not just use the one-word sentence {ram}?
jatlh charghwI':
>rut Qap 'ach rut QapHa'. <<ram>> vIlo'chugh vInoHba'ta'. pagh
>vItlhob. *So?* vIjatlhchugh:
>
><<SoHvaD potlhlaw' qechvam. jIHvaD ramchu'. potlhmeH meq yIQIj.>>
If you mean it that way, then you can still say it in much fewer words:
ramlaw'. QIj.
I am using {QIj}, by the way, as Clipped Klingon for {yIQIj} to shorten the
utterance.
- DujHoD