<p dir="ltr">ok, I'll play along..</p>
<p dir="ltr">So, if I say : {toQDuj QuQ ruptaH pIvlob chorgh}</p>
<p dir="ltr">you will accept it ?</p>
<p dir="ltr">qunnoq<br>
ghogh HablI'wIjvo' vIngeHta'</p>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 19 Aug 2016 3:02 p.m., "SuStel" <<a href="mailto:sustel@trimboli.name">sustel@trimboli.name</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>On 8/19/2016 5:15 AM, mayqel qunenoS
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<pre>So, we have the word {SorHa'}, meaning "to speak metaphorically".
On the other hand, we can't use klingon words metaphorically, because
we always need to take them on their most myopic, strict, and
narrow-minded meaning.
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<p>You are mistaken. Feel free to speak metaphorically. What we
can't do is assume that an <i>idiom</i> from another language
will work in Klingon.<br>
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SuStel
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