tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Mar 15 15:50:49 2001
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RE: Newbie: Question
Sorry for jumping in but Comic Relief or Red Nose Day is almost here so
here's my two pence worth
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Bracey [mailto:[email protected]]
>
> Robert jIpong'egh
>
> I'm sure that isn't right because I saw something about pong being an
> awkward verb in the FAQ.
>
> As UK people will know Comic Relief is starting soon and the slogan is
> 'Pants to Poverty'. I was trying to work out how to render
> this in Klingon
> and was wondering if someone might be able to help. This is
> how far I got:
>
> (I have the Dictionary but nothing else)
>
> I can find no word for poverty, but chep is the verb for be
> prosperous so I
> thought chepbe'ghach could be used for poverty.
I think the suffix -Ha' would better suit to make the verb unprosperous from
chepHa' .
As you mention below the larger saying is "Say 'pants' to poverty"
so I'd possibly make it {imp:you say "pants" to (the) poverty"}
chepHa'ghachvaD yopwaH yIjatlh
> There isn't a word for pants either.
NB: I haven't tried to tackle underpants as is meant but just used the word
for trousers {yopwaH}
Another thing to bare in mind is that whatever you say with regard to pants
here may confuse the hell out of a Klingon, should they not be up on this
terran slang word. Its just particularly apt as its being used in
advertising with a certain washing powder aiding the charity.
> There is yIvbeH for tunic so
> bIngyIvbeH for under-tunic?
> Or tuQmoH is put on clothes, so it moH is the suffix for
> cause tuQmoH is
> cause tuQ. So tuQHom for little clothes?
> I couldn't work out how to say Pants to Poverty (or Lack of Riches to
> little clothers) so I used the larger slogan, Say Pants to
> Poverty and made
>
> chepbe'ghach pejatlh tuQHom
>
> Anyway as you can see I am completely unable to do this, and
> I could do
> with some help.
>
> Thanks
>
> Robert
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