tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jul 06 13:50:49 2000
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RE: divorce
- From: Eric Andeen <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: divorce
- Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 13:50:14 -0700
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'}.
Voragh:
> 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.
Voragh:
> 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.
In this case, it *might* *possibly* make sense - this was certainly marriage
number two for Grilka, so it could be argued that the infamous <cha> was the
number <cha'> acting as a label. I wouldn't give the writers that much
credit, but we can rationalize anything, can't we...
pagh