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Re: taghwI' jIH

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

• From: Lieven L. Litaer (Quvar) <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: taghwI' jIH
• Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 19:37:33 +0100
• In-Reply-To: <003901c3e2a6$f6ed4820$6500a8c0@c1199768b>

Dar'Qang:
>> Is there an accepted Klingon acknowledgement?  qatlho' seems too
>> human. chaq jIbel?

Holtej 'utlh:
>Not really.  Klingons just state their business and leave.  Pleasantries
>such as "thanks" and "take care" are too human.  You might say something
>like {choquvmoH}.  If you're going off to battle (or something like that),
>you can say {Qapla'}.

If you really feel like you have to say something, I suggest {maj} and {majQa'}. Although these 
expressions mean "Good!" and "Well done!", I believe the idea is basically the same: your opponent has 
done a good job.

On the other hand, on this list I've very often seen {qatlho'} "I thank you", although nobody says {jItlho'}. 
But you're right, these sound very un-klingon :-)

Quvar 'utlh.

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