[tlhIngan Hol] With regards to invectives

[mayqel qunenoS]

qurgh:
> Is there any difference between "arsehole" and "dickhead", or
> "damn it" and "bloody hell"?  Not that I know of. They are just
>  words and phrases used to insult or show
> annoyance/frustration/pain/etc.

You're right. The only difference I can think of, is that the first two
describe a person, while the second pair can be used as exclamations in
response to an unfortunate situation, anger etc..

qurgh
> What about in Greek? I'm sure there are words that you use
> as insults to people that aren't taken to mean what the
> word(s) might literally mean. :)

Yes, you're 100 percent right !

qunnoq

On 19 Jul 2017 6:33 pm, "mayqel qunenoS" <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:

> qurgh:
> > I use the general invectives as exclamations and the epithets as nouns
> or exclamations.
>
> Wouldn't be strange though to use an epithet as an exclamation ? An
> epithet like {petaQ} {Qovpatlh} {taHqeq} etc, describes a person, right ?
>
> So, how could we use it in a moment of lets say anger or frustration,
> without referring to a specific person ?
>
> Would it make for example sense to say: {QapHa' jonta'. taHqeq !} ?
>
> qunnoq
>
> On 19 Jul 2017 6:21 pm, "qurgh lungqIj" <qurgh at wizage.net> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 10:36 AM, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> So we have the {jay'}, which always comes at the end of the sentence,
>>> transforming the entire sentence into an invective.
>>>
>>> But how are the other invectives i.e. {va} {Hu'tegh} {ghay'cha'}
>>> {baQa'}, used ?
>>>
>>> Are they placed at the end of the sentence ? Somewhere else within the
>>> sentence, or are they placed between sentences ?
>>>
>>
>> I use the general invectives as exclamations and the epithets as nouns or
>> exclamations.
>>
>> Qu'vatlh! nISwI'wIj nIH yaS! toDSaH ghaH!
>>
>> qurgh
>>
>>
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