tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Nov 17 09:54:57 2006
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Re: Dragons and ketchup
- From: McArdle <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Dragons and ketchup
- Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 09:54:33 -0800 (PST)
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Steven Boozer <[email protected]> wrote:
>For "meddle" see the slang word {Haq} "intervene in (a situation)" (KGT
>151):
>
> The slang term {Haq} developed from the association of surgery
> with invasion of the person, hence "intervene". Just as {Haq} in
> the nonslang sense of "perform surgery" has negative connotation,
> the slang term {Haq} ("intervene") is likewise disparaging, imply-
> ing that the intervention was unnecessary and/or that the party
> doing the intervening somehow handled the situation badly. Thus,
> if one were to say {jagh HIvrup SuvwI' Haqpa' DIvI' qeSwI'} ("The
> warrior was prepared to attack the enemy until the Federation
> advisor intervened" ­ literally, "The warrior was prepared to
>attack
> the enemy until the Federation advisor performed surgery"), the
> implication is that the advice was unnecessary, counterproductive,
> or both. The common nonslang term for "intervene" is {mun}.
KGT lists {Haq} as "intervene in" but in TKD {mun} is just "intervene". Do you suppose that {mun} can also take an object?
With {Haq} and {choptaH}:
{lung malja' yIHaqQo' DuchoplaHtaHmo' vay' 'ej bI'eymo' Dutlhejchugh qettlhup}
qatlho' 'ej qavan
mIq'ey
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