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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Story: ghuv = The Recruit - 23

Robyn Stewart ([email protected]) [KLI Member] [Hol po'wI']



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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Oh, and bIng_Daq_ legh. That *is* odd. But such is the nature of idioms.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> De'vID [mailto:[email protected]] <br><b>Sent:</b> November 6, 2013 1:22 AM<br><b>To:</b> tlhIngan-Hol<br><b>Cc:</b> Robyn Stewart<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Story: ghuv = The Recruit - 23<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p><br>On 11 Sep 2013 02:02, &quot;Robyn Stewart&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br>&gt; bIng bej/Dung bej = be face down/face up<o:p></o:p></p><p>I didn't understand the intended meaning, because I thought the Romulans were unconscious, and {bej} implied otherwise.<o:p></o:p></p><p>I think maybe you were going for something like this line which was cut from ST:V?<br>{DungDaq legh 'ej QotnIStaH romuluSngan be'pu'}<br>&quot;Romulan women belong on their backs&quot;<br>(Romulan women look overhead, and they need to lie down.)<o:p></o:p></p><p>But {legh} like {bej} implies consciousness. Also, I don't think that particular line was a good translation. I wouldn't have understood the meaning without having been first told what it was.<o:p></o:p></p><p>-- <br>De'vID<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>
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