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Re: Word for 'shop'?

Lieven L. Litaer (Quvar) ([email protected])

• From: Lieven L. Litaer (Quvar) <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Word for 'shop'?
• Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 23:34:27 +0100
• In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>

jaj 17.11.2003 rep 22:40:35, ghItlh [email protected]:

>>Some Earth languages think of a store as a place to buy "vegetables,"
among other things, so they render it as naH qach.  But, it always appears as if
Klingon thinking patterns are not like those of Earth-bound cultures; so, it
is a good practice to not try to follow Earthling thinking.<<

Yes, you're right. perhaps Klingons don't go to the "store=building" but to the {naH Suy}? {Soj Suy}? 
{HIq ngevwI'}? Or there is a word for the job itself {chom}, or -- what I believe is the most likely -- 
Klingons don't care about shopping. A merchant is a merchant: {Suy}. Maybe.

Quvar.

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