tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jul 12 19:04:11 2003
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Re: once upon a time...
Thinking of another venue of story tellers I know, whose best tales
about combat begin "No shit, there I was..." I'm going to have to
figure out the Klingon version for that opening...
qu'qul
On Saturday, July 12, 2003, at 03:44 PM, Klingon Warrior wrote:
> Eh, I think differently about Klingons having an opening line for
> stories....they are master story-tellers and take great pride in their
> over-exaggerated stories...I think they'd have an opener that only the
> best story-teller can think of...what that is depends upon the > Klingon.
>
> Scott Willis <[email protected]> wrote:----- Original
> Message -----
> From: "Quvar valer (Lieven)"
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> Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 6:56 AM
> Subject: once upon a time...
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>> How does one start a story?
>>
>> We certainly can't use {wa'logh}, since the expression "once upon a
>> time"
> seems to have an idiomatic
>> use. A Klingon will understand it only literally: "once on the
> time-period"...
>>
>> I found
>> {nuja' tlhIngan wIch ja'wI'pu'?}
>> "According to Klingon legend?"
>>
>> But what if it's not a Klingon legend?
>>
>> ideas?
>>
>> Quvar.
>>
> Why would a Klingon have a standard opening line for a story? They
> don't
> even have a standard opening for a conversation.
> I think they would simply start the story, without anything extraneous.
>
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