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RE: klbc:Off topic



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



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