tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jul 06 11:30:24 2000
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Re: divorce
peHruS:
>There has already been an answer for ages. tlhoS tlhogh = the marriage is
>dissolved. End of discussion.
>
>Make that {ngoS tlhogh}.
ghunchu'wI':
: First, whether {ngoS} means "come apart (as if under the influence of a
: solvent)" or "cause something to come apart (by acting on it as a solvent)"
: is an unresolved question. The grammatically correct phrase might be {ngoS
: tlhogh}, or it might be {tlhogh ngoSlu'}.
Unfortunately, since {ngoS} "dissolve" has never been used by Okrand, we really
have no way of knowing at this point.
: Second, we have absolutely no reason to assume {ngoS} can be used in a
: wider sense than literally dissolving a solute in a solvent to create a
: solution. Even with the proper grammar, the phrase might not be able to
: refer to a marriage.
Actually, it does; at least in on-screen Klingon lore. In DS9 "House of Quark"
when Grilka divorced Quark (at his request) - whom she had recently married in
the *Brek'tal* {bIreqtal} ritual after Quark killed her husband in a bar fight
- IIRC she slapped him, spit in his face, then shouted *N'Gos tlhogh cha!*
"This marriage is dissolved!" Short and sweet: no courts, alimony or divorce
lawyers.
You can consider this a bit of ritual {no' Hol}, or you can correct Paramount's
grammar (as usual) to your liking.
P.S. Notice that Grilka's phrase ends in Paramount's all-purpose *cha*, which
the writing staff seem particularly fond of.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons