[Tlhingan-hol] QISmaS yIlop

[Lieven]

So many people have been using the word {QISmaS}, so that Marc Okrand 
has confirmed it to be canonical:

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I Skyped Maltz.  He said he has been asked before about "Merry 
Christmas" and "Happy New Year."   He thought they were silly things to 
say (and, of course, there are no traditional Klingon ways to say these 
things), but he said that if you have to say "Happy New Year," you could 
say {DIS chu' yItIv} or {DIS chu' DatIvjaj} or {DIS chu' botIvjaj} or 
the like.

For "Merry Christmas," he wasn't so sure.  He said that perhaps you 
could use the name of the holiday (which would be {QISmaS}) and say 
{QISmaS yItIv} or {QISmaS DatIvjaj} and so on.  He thought that people 
who know about Christmas would understand that.  He also liked my 
sister-in-law's suggestion: {wornagh yItlhutlh!}.

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If you understand German, you might check out the electronic Christmas 
greeting card on www.hager.de with a built-in Klingon greeting at the 
end. (click on the stamp of the card)

;-)


-- 
Lieven L. Litaer
aka Quvar valer 'utlh
http://www.facebook.com/Klingonteacher