tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Mar 02 18:13:10 2004
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
Re: MSN jabbI'ID labwI' lo'wI'pu'
- From: "QeS lagh" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: MSN jabbI'ID labwI' lo'wI'pu'
- Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 12:12:26 +1000
- Bcc:
jIghItlh:
><<wa'Hu' nIvnavwIjDaq mIl'oD vIbachpu'.
mujang Quvar:
>You fired a bear into your pajamas?
>;-)
LOL, I can see how that would look goofy.
taH:
>The object of {bach} is the projectile:
> {pe'vIl mu'qaDmey tIbach}
> "curse well"
> lit. "shoot cureses forcefully" (TKW)
qatlho'. vIqawbe'pu'.
>2nd:
>Maybe it is, maybe not:
>The cat-in-the-hat problem.
That's what the joke is supposed to be about. The ambiguity is *meant* to be
there; it's part of the joke.
>chay' nIvnavwIj tuQ mIl'oD? vISovbe'.>> - Groucho Marx
>{jISovbe'} avoids any problems
>[briefly: vI- only works using 'e', but that doesn't work with chay' - got
>it?]
The old QAO thing again, <qar'a'>? :P That's why I used a separate sentence,
to try and avoid making a QAO. I couldn't think of a recast.
>Maybe I've gone a bit into detail again, I just felt doing so this morning,
>so no offense. ;-)
None at all taken. I like using Klingon, but I like using it accurately; I
hate making mistakes, but it's the only way to learn, it seems.
qavanqu'chu'.
QeS lagh
_________________________________________________________________
Hot chart ringtones and polyphonics. Go to
http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilemania/default.asp