[Tlhingan-hol] pongHa' & pongbe'

[Felix Malmenbeck]

At first I thought maybe pongHa' would be "call somebody by the wrong name", but I really think it ought to be something like "stop calling somebody something". pongbe': "don't call somebody some name". Also pongQo': "refuse to call somebody something".

'utlh qapongHa'choHpu' 'e' vIwIv. - I've chosen to stop calling you 'utlh.

rI'an'enpu'vaD romuluSnganpu' vIpongbe'. - I don't call Rihannsu "Romulans". [and perhaps never have]

qeylISqoqvamvaD voDleH vIpongQo'! - I refuse to call this so-called Kahless "Emperor"!

As for mistakenly calling somebody the wrong thing, that's just a special case of pong:

pIj bong ter'eSvaD te'reS vIpong. ngugh jIQagh. - I frequently mistakenly refer to ter'eS as te'reS. I make a mistake then.

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From: Michael Roney, Jr. PKT [nahqun at gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 23:56
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Subject: [Tlhingan-hol] pongHa' & pongbe'

How would y'all parse {pongHa'} and {pongbe'}?

Would it change if I told you it was the name of a ship?

~'anan naHQun

~Michael Roney, Jr.
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