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RE: Klingon WOTD: pung (n)

• From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
• Subject: RE: Klingon WOTD: pung (n)
• Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 12:27:21 -0600
• In-Reply-To: <000301c0874b$9d188260$012aa8c0@arthur>

> As used in canon:
> 
>   pung ghap HoS 
>   Mercy or power. [sic!] TKW
> 
> "It is noteworthy that the conjuction in the Klingon phrase is {ghap}
> (either/or), not {joq} (and/or). This implies that one must choose 
> between mercy and power; they are incompatible. (TKW p.119)

De'vID: 
: No synonyms?  What if I wanted to say "compassion" or "magnanimity"?

You'd be out of luck.  I couldn't find any.  

: I realize that these may not be typical Klingon values though.

There are plenty of words for the reverse, however.



-- 
Voragh                       
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

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