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Re: Klingon Slang



ja' [email protected]:
>Is there a Klingon slang? Almost like a lesser dialect or do all Klingons
>speak the same exact language?

All Klingons *try* to speak the same language, that of the current Emperor.
To do otherwise is to cast doubt on one's loyalty to the Empire. :-)  That
doesn't have anything to do with slang, however, which is basically using
words to mean something a bit different from their dictionary definition.
The use of slang is described in _Klingon for the Galactic Traveler_.  An
example:  {ngup} "cape" is sometimes used to refer to a person holding a
position of authority.  The literal meaning of the word hasn't changed,
but its use in certain contexts is understood to have a special intent.

-- ghunchu'wI' 'utlh




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