tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Aug 12 21:58:16 2002
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Re: Early Show
ja' Qov:
>wejpuH. muyu'taHvIS yonbe'ba'taH yu'wI'pu'. tlhob 'ej tlhobqa': qatlh
>tlhIngan Hol Daghoj? qatlh qep'a'Daq bIjeS? jIjangmeH jIjatlh: muSeymoH
>Hol, yabwIj QapmoH, juppu'wI' vIghom vIneH. Hoch Holmey
>vItIv. yonbe'law'taHDI' chaH, jIjatlh: chay' jIjang boneH? mugh
>ghunchu'wI' 'ach jangqangbe'.
chaq mughwI' QIv jIHpu'. bIjatlh <yabwIj meQmoH Hol>. jImughDI', chaq
jImughHa'. chaq jIjatlh <QoghIjwIj SachmoH ropmo'>. rap "It enflames my
brain" "It gives me encephalitis", qar'a'? :-P [What I *should* have said
was "It sets fire to my mind."]
>DaH jIyaj. jangmeH jatlhnIS: bIQIplaw'meH bIjang 'e' wIneH. bIval 'e' yImev.
nutIch luneHbe' much lulIngbogh nuv. Do'Ha' nutIchqangchu' po bejwI'pu'.
<machqu' ghom, 'ej QaQqu' ngoDvetlh.> wejpuH.
>pIch ghajbe'law' yu'bogh be'. nuvaq neHchugh neH, qatlh mu'tlheghDaj
>jatlhqu'meH vumqu'?
batlh yu'bej ghaH.
>va.
>
>They're skilled at getting things out of context. jImaw' was the answer to
>"what do your other friends think?"
The context survived. The questions, answers, and translations appeared on
screen exactly as they were recorded.
>Never count on TV crews throwing away throwaway answers.
What they threw away was everything except this brief exchange.
DT: What do your friends and family say about all this?
Qov: [grunt] jImaw' [voiceover: I'm crazy]
DT: [laughs] And your response would be...?
Qov: jISaHbe' [voiceover: I don't care]
DT: Ah.
-- ghunchu'wI'