tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Aug 05 15:25:30 2002
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RE: KLBG
Yep. I guess you are right.
He isn't saying it as "someone unsatisfied with the status Quo"
http://tcs.qut.edu.au/SIqar/
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Andeen [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, 6 August 2002 3:46 AM
To: '[email protected]'
Subject: RE: KLBG
SIqar:
> I think that Cartman is telling the person as a command
> because he thinks he has the authority and that the
> person should respect it.
HIja'. bIlugh.
> I found the reference in KGT P157 (wish they put the
> page numbers in with the word list)
> ngupwIj yIvuv
I really think you want <woQ> rather than <ngup> here. Cartman is being
very
literal, and a metaphor, even one used commonly enough to become a slang
term in its own right, is not going to work.
pagh