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Re: re:KLBC how smooth...

SuStel wrote:

>tlhIngan wa': SoSlI' vIleghpu'.  Habqu'mo' QuchDaj . . . .
>Klingon 1: I've seen your mother.  Because her forhead is so smooth . . . .

>Just an idea.  Rather than forcing Klingon to mimic an English formula, try
>to find the best Klingon phrases for the job.

And besides, remember:
As we know, the worst insult for a Klingon is to say {Hab SoSlI' Quch} "Your mother has a smooth forehead". There is nothing worse than that, and if you 
were to say  "Your mother has a smooth forehead, it looks like meat" {Hab SoSlI' Quch, ghab rur} nobody will hear the second part of the sentence, since the 
first one was already bad enough. Instead of going on with the second part of the sentence, you will be either struggling with the klingon you just insulted, or 
winning this round of curse warfare :-)

Of course, only when we stay in this "frame". Talking about grammar, evrything is allowed.

Quvar.
Beginners' Grammarian
  ghojwI'pu'wI' vISaH

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