[Tlhingan-hol] New canon phrases (no new words, or maybe there are)

[lojmitti7wi7nuv at gmail.com]

I similarly respond to malfunctioning devices by yelling {yIqay’Qo’!}

Some are more responsive than others…

At least, when I’m talking to most devices, I figure they can understand me in Klingon at least as well as they understand me in English.

lojmIt tI’wI’ nuv ‘utlh
Retired Door Repair Guy

> On Feb 23, 2015, at 6:34 PM, DloraH <seruq at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> 
>> Years ago, Okrand sent Glen Proechel a "get well" letter when 
>> he was hospitalized for heart and kidney failure which read in part:
>> 
>>  yIpIv
>>  Be healthy! 
>> 
>> Glen commented that "I don't know that this makes that phrase 
>> the 'official' way to wish someone health in Klingon, but it 
>> is consistent with the idea that sickness is considered a 
>> weakness and a Klingon needs to be ordered to stay healthy." 
>> (Proechel, 3/1998)
> 
> For me this is funny because this is how I handle my family when one of them gets sick.  I tell
> them, "Be healthy!", but they cannot comprehend that as a command.
> 
> 
> -- DloraH
> 
> 
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