tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Feb 28 07:04:13 2013
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] whatculture's "10 Things You Must Know When Dating A Trekker"
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I can't get Mr. Klingon to do it, but this must have been some sort of machine look up.<div><br></div><div>The word "will" only appears in the definition of <lu', luq>.</div><div>If you mistyped "you" as "your" one of the options you would get is <ra'>.</div><div><br></div><div>My guess is that somehow they got:</div><div>Will = lu', luq</div><div>you(r) = ra'</div><div>marry = nay</div><div>me = jIH</div><div><br></div><div>Remove the apostrophes and "fix" the capitalization and punctuation and you get the sentence presented.<br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:06:28 +0100<br>> To: [email protected]<br>> <br>> From: http://whatculture.com/humour/star-trek-10-things-you-must-know-when-dating-a-trekker.php/<br>> <So bear that in mind if either of you decide to utter those magic<br>> words “Lu, luq ra nay Jih’*<br>> <br>> * ‘Will you marry me?’ in Klingon.><br>> <br>> Okay, I sort of get how *{nay Jih'} (= *{nay jIH}) is "marry me", but<br>> I can't for the life of me figure out where the rest comes from.<br>> <br>> Maybe someone can contact the author and correct him<br>> (https://twitter.com/JohndeGruyther). I have no patience for doing<br>> that kind of thing.<br>> <br>> --<br>> De'vID<br><br></div></div> </div></body>
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