Re: Yes it *is* better in Klingon...
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, October 12, 2004, 4:43 |
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On Mon, Oct 11, 2004 at 05:50:51PM -0400, Trebor Jung wrote:
> Marcos írta: "nose's insides' dirt's away-sweeper
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> "It's definitely a nice *description*, but pretty clumsy as a gloss, don't
> you think? :)"
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> Yeah :P What does it mean tho-- "Kleenex"?
Close. "handkerchief". I would probably coin a borrowing -
*HangqerchIv, perhaps - and define it in a footnote. Based on what
we've seen of their culture, it seems unlikely that the Klingons would
have a native word for something like a handkerchief.
-Marcos
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