[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon architecture

[André Müller]

Duck tape must be very famous in Canarda. ;)

SCNR
- André


2012/1/12 De'vID jonpIn <de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com>

>
> De'vID:
> >>> chaq {qatlhDa' tlhegh Hum}, {qatlhDa' HumwI'} ghap vIlo'laH.
>
> Quvar:
> >> I don't get that. What do you think is a {qatlhDa'}?
>
> De'vID:
> > qa'naDa'ngan SoHbe'mo' ghaytanHa' {*DoqSuD much} Daleghpu'.  {*DoqSuD
> much} Daleghchugh, Hoch tI' {qatlhDa' HumwI'} 'e' DaSovbej.
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Green_Show
>
> In case it's too much of a Canadianism/Americanism to make sense, I was
> going for "duct/duck tape".  There's a Canadian proverb, "Duct tape fixes
> everything", made popular by a TV show called "The Red Green Show" where
> the title character... uses duct tape to fix everything.
>
> As {ghunchu'wI'} pointed out, {qatlhDa'} is a pun on "Why a Duck" (duct,
> i.e., "water pipe").
>
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