tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Sep 12 17:56:25 2001
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RE: klbc:Off topic
- From: "Stauffer, Tad E (staufte7)" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: klbc:Off topic
- Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 18:44:07 -0400
SuStel said:
Let's keep in mind that a suicide attack would usually be considered
an
honorable way to die; thus the use of the "honorific" suffix /-neS/.
I
doubt that most people on this list would want to think of it this
way.
Unless you're intentionally taking a purely Klingon point of view,
/HIvneS/
may not be appropriate in this context. Correct, but not
appropriate.
bIlughbej.
KGT suggests using the adverbial {batlh} to describe an honorable, but
non-suicide mission. So maybe {batlhHa' HIvneS} could work for "They
dishonorably suicide-attacked." Although I understand that using both
{batlhHa'} and {-neS} might be too contradictory.
So we could always just describe what happened in more direct terms:
{batlhHa' nuHIvta', 'ej chIch Hegh.}
We could also use a word that I haven't seen used very frequently - {HIgh}
("fight dirty").
- taD