Re: Piss Off - Klingon

At 9:18 am -0500 28/9/00, Terrence Donnelly wrote:
>Tell me first exactly what "Piss off" means.
Presumably, like "f**k off!", it means: "Go far away and do the relevant
action'.  I friend of mine used to paraphrase the latter as: "Go to a far
region & multiply!"

Other phrases with similar meanings this side of the pond are:
"Bog off!" - go far away & use the bog (i.e. lavatory)
"Sod off!" - go far away & commit sodomy

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>idiomatic English.  I can think of several Klingon phrases
>that would be in the same spirit, but not literal translations.
>It depends on what exactly you want to say.
Basically, these phrases all seem to mean:
You're a disgusting pest so get as far away as you can and get on with your
digusting (in mt view) activity - I don't want to know about it.

Ray.

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