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Re: Klingon WOTD: Duy' (noun)

QeS lagh ([email protected])

• From: "QeS lagh" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: Duy' (noun)
• Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 17:13:53 +1000
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ja' Holtej:
>Homonyms:
>     Duy' (verb) - be defective

jang Voragh:
>Be careful not to confuse either of these with the verb {cheH} "defect" 
>(i.e. join the enemy).

... 'ach cheHbogh tlhIngan ghaHbej qar'a' Duy'bogh tlhIngan'e'? {{:) 'ej 
{Duy'} "defect" {Duy} "agent, emissary" je lupImqu'nISmoHlu'ba'. {'ej DaH 
qeng, tlhIngan Duy', vIlIH...} ja'lu'chugh, tlhIngan quv tIchlu'bej.

... but a Klingon who defects is certainly a defective Klingon, right? :) 
One also needs to be very careful to distinguish between {Duy'} "defect, be 
defective" and {Duy} "agent, emissary". I would imagine it to be a grave 
insult to one's honour if one were introduced: "And now, our next speaker, 
Kang, the Klingon Defect..."

Savan,

QeS lagh
taghwI' pabpo' / Beginners' Grammarian


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