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Re: Klingon WOTD: ghIqtal (excl)



How would this be pronounced?

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Subject: Klingon WOTD: ghIqtal (excl)


> This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Wednesday, August 9, 2000.
>
> Klingon word:   ghIqtal
> Part of Speech: exclamation
> Definition:     to the death
>
> Additional Notes:
> KGT.  (archaic).
> KGT p. 49.  The archaic Klingon phrase {ghIqtal} also means "to the
death," though it is generally used as a sentence in its own right, a type
of exclamation.  For example, just before striking the first blow or firing
the first shot in battle, warriors may shout {ghIqtal}!
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