tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jan 05 21:22:56 2000
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RE: KLBC: A small introduction of me.
Thanks pagh. I have much to learn!
>jatlh paul:
>>> On a similar note, I and some other
>>> students were writing an advertisement
>>> poster for clothes with the logo of the
>>> department (computer science) on them. We
>>> thought of making it multi-lingual with
>>> as many languages as possible. Naturally,
>>> I would like to include Klingon. The phrase
>>> we want to use is "Buy computer science
>>> clothes!". What I came up with is:
>>> {De'tejSutpu' tIje'}, that is "You will buy
>>> computer scientist clothes!". Is this
>>> correct? (Same notes about "computer science"
>>>as above.)
>
>jangmeH jatlh Qor:
>> I would as a newbie (new person but a Klingon fan from way back) to
>> tlhIngan Hol I would use {De'tejSutpu' tIje' qoj Hegh} You will buy
>> computer science clothes or die! which seems to me to be the
>> {SuytlhIngan} way of selling.
>
>I've already commented on some grammar problems with the original, which
>mostly apply here as well. You're referring to that wonderful Klingon phrase
><bIje'be'chugh vaj bIHegh> - "Buy or die!". This is one of the few Klingon
>phrases that is much more concise and catchy in English, which is kind of
>cool. In any case, applying it to this situation would yield:
>
>De'tej Sut Daje'be'chugh vaj bIHegh
>
>
>pagh
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