[tlhIngan Hol] In space all warriors are cold warriors

Steven Boozer sboozer at uchicago.edu
Tue Jul 5 07:04:54 PDT 2016


mayqel qunenoS:
> > At the risk of bringing down upon me the wrath of the Ca'non master, I
> > have to say that I disagree with the canon sentence :
> >   {loghDaq Suvrupbogh SuvwI'pu' chaH Hoch SuvwI'pu''e'}.
> >
> > When we say "cold warrior", I don't think that the actual meaning is
> > "ready to fight" ; it is rather "ready to destroy without holding back
> > or feeling remorse, perhaps bordering on the ruthless"

De'vID: 
> The English idiom "cold war" refers to a state of hostilities in which no
> (or very little) actual fighting takes place or has yet taken place. Thus,
> a "cold warrior" is indeed a warrior who is prepared to fight.

I think qunnoQ has confused "Cold War" with "in cold blood/cold-blooded".  The second idiom does indeed mean ruthless {wIH}.  Thus one can say that someone is a cold-blooded Cold Warrior.  



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Voragh
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