tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jan 18 18:17:25 2000
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RE: Klimerick of the Week
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Klimerick of the Week
- Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 19:19:06 -0700
majQa':
> jISaHqa'. jIghIQmeH jItlheDDI' ghomvam vImuvHa'.
> Hut Hu' DIvI'vo' jIcheghta'. wa'Hu' De'wI'wIj vIchu'DI'
> QIn lutu'be'lu'. chImlaw' De'qo'; luSpet rur.
> SamuvnISqa' 'e' vItlhoj.
> Lest charghwI' think I penned my klimerick (inside back
> cover of the latest HolQeD) for the express purpose of
> irking him (I can think of several reasons why it might),
> be it known that it was the wejDIch of loS that I
> submitted. Here's my first effort (and the one I was
> wagering on):
> Sa'Qejvo' HoD SIjqu' tu'lu'.
> ja' <may'Daq reH nuHmey lutu'lu'.
> jaghpu' nISbe'chugh beH,
> vaj leSpal vIchu' neH
> 'ej jIwupDI' petaQpu' luDuQlu'!>
> I'm obviously trying to pull off a "There was an x y from z",
> but if the {-vo} in {Sa'Qejvo'} doesn't work, it can easily
> be replaced with {-Daq}.
> Merciless criticism encouraged. More klimericks to come.
majQa'!!!!
This one was actually my favorite entry, although I was sure Krankor had
written it. The <-vo'> probably doesn't work, but replacing it with <-Daq>
is just fine.
pagh
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