tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Feb 28 16:13:42 2013
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] whatculture's "10 Things You Must Know When Dating A Trekker"
On Feb 28, 2013, at 2:05 PM, David Trimboli <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2/28/2013 1:50 PM, Robyn Stewart wrote:
>> Nice detective work. I'm going with HInayneS/HISawneS on my twitter feed.
>
> I wouldn't use {-neS}: it doesn't just mean "polite," it means "polite to a superior." Unless you're proposing to your captain...
...or you're adopting the customary proposal pose of kneeling before the proposee. Even if putting your victim^H^H^H^H^H^Htarget^H^H^H^H^H^Hintended above you is more figurative than literal, I think {-neS} is a perfectly valid suffix in the context of asking someone to marry you.
The equivalent formula in Klingon culture is apparently somewhat less deferent and more to the point.
-- ghunchu'wI'
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