tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jul 11 18:26:18 2003
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Re: Pun time
hmmm...jIQoch, Quvar. QaH *pun*mey 'e' vIQub. nom *pun*meymo' mu'mey vIqawlaH. *pun* vIqaw...mu' vIqaw.
Quvar valer <[email protected]> wrote:captain kalaa:
>to boot). No matter how much you know, spoiling
>someone's fun by telling them they shouldn't be
>looking for puns is just boorish and in bad taste.
I understand what you say. I also enjoyed these puns when I started to learn Klingon back in 1995.
Somebody told me "Puns are fun; but don't learn puns; you will be stuck with them forever."
And he was right.
I know almost ... let's say .. I dunno, maybe 80 % of all vocabulary plus all the grammar. aaaaand I
know the puns. And they really are no help in speaking klingon - it's even bothering sometimes
when you try to make a long sentence, and half of the words are related to some crazy pun.
In the beginning, this certainly is fun, one knows a hundred words, and almost the same amount of
puns. But after a while... Are you going to learn 3000 words PLUS 3000 puns ??
It's better to use your time to learn grammar.
Quvar
Beginners' Grammarian
ghojwI'pu'wI' vISaH.
Klingon Warrior
taHjaj wo'!
Darren M. Slade
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