tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Oct 07 12:04:38 2001
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Re: taH
- From: "Mark E. Shoulson" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: taH
- Date: Sun, 7 Oct 101 12:55:46 -0400 (EDT)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "qIroS" at Oct 7, 1 05:55:16 pm
>
> On Sun, 7 Oct 2001 12:32:39 -0400, "TPO" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >> jIHvaD bItaH'a'
> >>
> >> I thought of this when I was watching a movie and one guy asked =
> another
> >> if he was being straight with him.
> >
> >Would "being straight" MEAN the same thing to a klingon? For all we =
> know
> >this is what it could mean to be "clever as an eyebrow".
> >Without your english explanation I would have taken this as a =
> conversation
> >between lovers or soul-mates; "Do you exist for me?"
> >
> >
> >DloraH
>
> Ah but it's all about context isn't it. Otherwise I would probably
> agree.=20
>
> yaSvaD jatlh Hod << wa'Hu' jaghla' DaHoH'a' >>
>
> jang yaS << HISlaH >>
>
> yaSvaD jatlh Hod << jIHvaD bItaH'a' >>
>
> jang yaS << ghobe' >>
>
> yaSvaD jatlh Hod << maj >>
>
>
> As I say it was only a thought that pinged into my head whilst watching
> a movie. Perhaps its crap but do we really know what taH means beyond
> its 'endure' meaning...=20
Actually, I might read this totally opposite: are you being at a negative
angle with me? Maybe that's being "crooked." Actually, this whole thing
is badly malglico. STRAIGHT IS HONEST is an English metaphor, not
necessarily a Klingon one (thank you, Agnieszka, for the tools to talk about
metaphor like this.)
~mark