tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jan 17 13:59:41 2002
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RE: More puns in new vocab
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- Subject: RE: More puns in new vocab
- Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 18:59:41 GMT
Recently, someone was looking for examples of ambiguity in Klingon. Here's a
shining example, since {puqpu' moH chaH} clearly means both:
"They exert undue influence on children."
"They are ugly children."
You can express the latter as {puqpu' chaH; moH je,} or {moH puqpu'vam.}
Meanwhile, you really have to stop and think to come up with another clear way
to say the former. Maybe {latlh puqpu' moH chang'engvam.} That's a little
harder to misinterpret, since the only potential verb is {moH}.
charghwI'
> >charghwI':
> >
> > > But then, who are the Olsen twins? I know I've heard the reference, but it
> > > didn't stick. jIlIjpu'.
>
> pagh:
> >puqpu' moH chaH.
>
>
> mu'tlheghvam vIlaDDI', pay' jIHaghqu'! qu'ba' vuDlIj. ;-)
>
> - taD
>