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[Gaerfindel]

On 6/21/2014 7:11 AM, De'vID wrote:
> André Müller:
> It depends on where you draw the arbitrary line
>> between N and N-'a'. After all, it's just a suggestion. Interpretation
>> depends on the speaker. After all, the meaning we got from Okrand is
>> "serpent, worm". We don't know how big Klingon gharghmey can be.
> Actually, we do. The word {ghargh} originally referred to the giant
> worm- or serpent-like creature on the Genesis Planet which attacked
> and wrapped itself around Kruge. (This one:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:S03-kruge_fights_the_worms.png )
>
> So {ghargh} can, with no suffix, refer to something comparable in size
> to a Klingon.
>
{-'a'} means more than just size, though; even I, a mere beginner, know 
that.  My purpose in using {ghargh'a'} instead of just {ghargh} is 
partly that Oberyn is know as the "Red Viper".  Vipers are so much more 
deadly that other {gharghmey}, and deadly is a trait Klingons respect, no?

~quljIb