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ngav DaSIQ'a'?



toH, batlh ghItlhta' Steven Boozer quv:
>- say, the manuscript for _The Klingon Dictionary_?  Does anyone know whether
>writing TKD took him longer than anticipated?  (Another allusion to the writing

HIja'. rInmeH poHmey law' lay'Ha' Okrand, TKD qontaHvIS, wa'logh 'e' chID ghaH.

>of TKD is surely Okrand's inclusion of {ngav} "writer's cramp" and {mavjop}
>"paper clip" in the glossary - words which aren't exactly in everyday use among
>Klingon warriors!)

bItlhIv qatlh 'e' DangIllaw'? ngav SIQbej SuvwI' nIvqu'. yay law' chavDI'
rIntaH SuvwI'na', 'ej qanqu'pa', may' qochpu' naDchu' ghaH, bom qontaHvIS.
SuvtaHvIS quvchu'chugh lutlhejbogh qochpu''e', naDmeH bommey law' qonnIS
ghaH. vaj ngav SIQbej. lI'qu' mu' "ngav". SuvwI' 'oy'na' Qav 'oH ngav'e'.

mu'qaDmey yIlaD! -- 'eH, Perl 6 qelbogh ghItlhvam'e' yIlI':

http://yetanother.org/damian/talks/Perl6.pdf

Qapbe'chugh vaj http://www.perl.org/perl6/ yIlI' 'ej "Damian Conway's
summation of Perl 6" ghItlh'e' yIbej. Dajbej nav 50 51 je.



~~~~~~~~~~~ DaH DIvI' Hol 'ay' yIlaD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~ Now for the English version ~~~~~~~~~~~~



Steven Boozer wrote:
>- say, the manuscript for _The Klingon Dictionary_?  Does anyone know whether
>writing TKD took him longer than anticipated?  (Another allusion to the writing

Yes, he once admitted to having missed several deadlines while writing TKD.

>of TKD is surely Okrand's inclusion of {ngav} "writer's cramp" and {mavjop}
>"paper clip" in the glossary - words which aren't exactly in everyday use among
>Klingon warriors!)

What are you saying?! All the best warriors get writer's cramp. After a true
warrior has triumphed in many battles, and before he gets too old, he
commemorates his fellow warriors in song. If they all fought well by his
side, he'll have a lot of commemorative songs to write, and he'll definitely
get writer's cramp. "ngav" is a very useful word. It's the last pain a true
warrior ever feels.

Here's something on Klingon curses -- Go and download this document on Perl 6:

http://yetanother.org/damian/talks/Perl6.pdf

If that doesn't work, just go to http://www.perl.org/perl6/ and click on
"Damian Conway's summation of Perl 6". Pages 50 and 51 are especially
interesting.

--Andrew Strader
  "How are you gentlemen? All your base are belong to us."
  http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~strader



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