[tlhIngan Hol] "To Err is Klingon"

SuStel sustel at trimboli.name
Wed Jun 12 09:07:34 PDT 2019


On 6/12/2019 11:48 AM, Riley Dosh wrote:
> When using the word "human" as a synonym for imperfect, how would that 
> translate?
>
> I can imagine they'd just use "Human," or even "tlhIngan," but doesn't 
> seem quite right given the context.
>
> Would it be more correct to just say pupHa' or bachHa'? So translating 
> "to err is human" would be bachHa'taH Humanpu'?

Qaghlu' 'e' chIw Human.

Remember that *bachHa'* /err/ is slang. The non-slang term is *Qagh.*

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SuStel
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