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Re: bey

ngabwI' ([email protected]) [KLI Member] [Hol po'wI']



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tad Stauffer" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 12:40 AM
Subject: Re: bey


> At 05:54 PM 8/17/2004 -0500, ghunchu'wI' wrote:
> >jIyajbe'.  nuq 'oS <mabey>?  wot 'oHbe' <bey>'e'.  nuv ngeb ghaH
> >"J'puq"-'e' qar'a'?  qaSpu''a' Hov leng qunqoq vISovbe'bogh?
>
> DIp 'oH bey'e'; Qagh 'oHlaw' neH {mabey}'e'.
>
> nuvna' ghaHpu' "J'puq"'e' - qaSpu' qo'na'maj qun DaSovbe'law'bogh.
> tera'Daq vutwI' noy ghaH. DIvI' pong(Hom)Daj wa'DIch 'oS <J'>, 'ej DIvI'
> pongDaj HochDIch 'oS <puq>. vaj tlhIngan Hol pong 'oHlaw' <J'puq>'e'. qen
> Hegh ghaH.
>
> DaH DayajchoHbe'chugh, QInvam yIlaDtaH...
>
> >And the author's name seems to be a slight corruption of {jIpuQ} "I am
fed
> >up", which continues the Twilight Zone reference.
>
> Daj - {choS mIch} much pong rurbej {jabmeH}. 'a {jIpuQ}'e' 'oSbe'law'
{J'puq}.
> J'puq = J. Child = Julia Child, the recently deceased famous chef.
>
> - taD

majQa'! I've been looking for a pun in that for a year, and I never saw it!
Well Done, taD!

--ngabwI'
Beginners' Grammarian
Klingon Language Institute
http://kli.org
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