tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jan 28 05:19:54 2012
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] qIHpu'ghach wa'DIch - 'ay' wa'
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<div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color: #000000;font-size: 10pt;">>> DATA: HoD, romuluS wo' veHDaq qaSbe'pu' wanI' motlhbe' qaStaHvIS Hut jar.<br>
>> yol lutaghmeH ghaytanHa' poHvam luwIv.<br>
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ghItlhta' De'vID:<br>
> Instead of {qaSbe'} and {motlhbe'}, how about {qaS} and {ram}? I am<br>
> reminded of Kruge's line from Star Trek III: {naDev qaS wanI' ramqu'}<br>
> "There's nothing happening here", literally, "A very insignificant event is<br>
> happening here", or "trivial things are happening here".<br>
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While I agree that your suggestion sounds more like something a Klingon would say, I rather liked Rohan's original suggestion because it sounded like something the Klingon equivalent of Data might say, sacrificing brevity and directness for accuracy.<br>
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