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Re: Klingon WOTD: nagh DIr (noun)

ghunchu'wI' ([email protected])

• From: ghunchu'wI' <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: nagh DIr (noun)
• Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 20:59:29 -0400
• In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
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On Jun 9, 2008, at 11:22 AM, Steven Boozer wrote:

> After the spirit has departed the body {porgh}, Klingon warriors  
> consider
> the corpse {lom} to be only an "empty shell" - {nagh DIr chIm}? -  
> to be
> disposed of accordingly.

No way.  The English "shell" here has absolutely nothing to do with  
the Klingon {nagh DIr}.  Korris could as easily have used the phrase  
"empty husk", and {yub} would have been just as inappropriate a  
Klingon term.

I think {ngaSwI' chIm} "empty container" is a reasonable literal  
rendition. I'm feeling a little playful at the moment, so I'll also  
suggest {qegh chIm} and see how many people get the joke.

-- ghunchu'wI'

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