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RE: 'op puS qechmey vIghaj


> /-qu'/ is very much a VERBAL cue, much more so than a point of grammar.
One 
> of my favorite moments of speaking Klingon came during qep'a' wejDIch.  A 
> group of people had spend HOURS playing Encore!, and some of us were
getting 
> a little annoyed with them.  At one point I entered the room, made a show
of 
> seeing they were still playing, and said, /SubomlI'be'.  SubomtaHqu'!/
The 
> /-qu'/ made the joke: it is sharp and strong, and really does emphasis
what 
> comes before (in this case, /-taH/.  In English, we might say the element
or 
> word we want to emphasize louder, but in Klingon we add /-qu'/ to it (if 
> it's a verb).  The joke wouldn't nearly have been as funny if /-qu'/
didn't 
> work the way it does.

Interesting.  I remember this, of course.  But what I never knew was that
people were annoyed with us.  pImlaHbej quqbogh wanI'.

> SuStel
> Stardate 1716.2

--Holtej 'utlh

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