[Tlhingan-hol] *ghabtar* mupwI'...

[Karen Alessio]

I wholeheartedly agree.
Very Klingon, without actually being Klingon at all.
I loved that movie
On Jan 20, 2016 8:16 AM, "De'vID" <de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com> wrote:

> De'vID:
> >> How would you say "he's an honorary Klingon" (i.e., I consider him a
> >> Klingon for the purposes under consideration)?
>
> lojmIt tI'wI' nuv:
> > tlhIngan ghaHbe', 'ach tlhInganna' Dachu'.
> >
> > Yes, the last word is ambiguous, but the alternative meaning would
> require further explanation as to the nature of your engaging a true
> Klingon.
>
> That might work for some contexts, but not this one.
>
> Have people not seen Galaxy Quest? Alan Rickman plays an actor who
> plays a rubber-forehead-alien on that movie universe's version of Star
> Trek. Basically, he plays Michael Dorn. (He plays an actor who has
> made fame and fortune by playing a rubber-forehead-alien on a popular
> sci-fi show but who resents the indelible association.)
>
> I consider him an honorary Klingon. He doesn't act like a Klingon. He
> hasn't actually acted (in a movie) as a Klingon. His association with
> Klingonhood is much more subtle than that: he played an actor who
> plays a Klingon without playing an actor who plays a Klingon.
>
> --
> De'vID
>
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