tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 22 14:15:49 2002
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Re: "qel" yIqel
>Stephan Schneider schrieb:
> > how do you say: that's another topic. ?
There's an idiom in "Klingon for the Galactic Traveller" {may' bom pIm bom}
"sing a different battle song" (pp. 118f.):
This expression means "speak of another matter entirely". It is used when
someone changes the topic or offers clarification on an existing one or
when some new information comes to light. When uttered, it is frequently
preceded by {DaH} ("now") or {toH} ("Aha!"). For example, if a Klingon
warrior who has chosen to ignore a messenger bearing what he thinks will
be an irrelevant communiqué finds out that the message is from the leader
of the High Council himself, the warrior may say {DaH may' bom pIm Dabom}
("Now you sing a different battle song.")--that is, "Well, that's another
matter altogether." The idiomatic meaning comes across regardless of who
is said to be "singing" ({may' bom pIm wIbom}, "We sing a different battle
song'; {may' bom pIm lubom} "They sing a different battle song," etc.).
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons