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Re: Translation challenge: Would you go out with me?

From:Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
Date:Tuesday, November 28, 2006, 10:08
On 11/26/06, Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> wrote:
> I submit this for Klingon: chotlhej'a'? [tSotKEdZ'?a?] lit. > "Did/do/will you accompany me?" One could add a purpose clause or a > destination, but the simpler form seems to be more in line with the > Klingon linguistic aesthetic. :)
I'd like to amend that to {HItlhej} "Accompany me!". Being direct is a virtue; none of this namby-pambying around asking for permission :) Cheers, -- Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>

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