tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Sep 10 07:33:38 2008
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RE: Help with a project
Voragh:
>> And let's not forget {chu'} "play (a musical instrument)":
>> (...) Thus {Supghew chu'wI'} could be a "fiddle player".
ter'eS:
> I just think {chu'} is kind of over-used.
It is, but it often is the right word nevertheless.
"Play" in English is also used fairly widely and in many different idioms -- as is *tocar* in Spanish, *igrat'* in Russian, *shpiln* in Yiddish, *spielen* in German (IIRC), etc. (It must be something about having a general or generic verb vs. specific verbs for particular types of playing/instruments.)
> Besides, what if someone thought the play was "The Newbie on the Roof?"
There'll be many Klingon speakers in the audience, then? <g>
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons