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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/17/2017 1:24 PM, Lieven wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:f3fcdcd1-a59e-ba95-b8ed-efd972d15b95@gmx.de">Am
17.08.2017 um 17:56 schrieb SuStel:
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<blockquote type="cite" style="color: #000000;">So Clipped Klingon
is not eloquent, but it is common and used for quick
communication. Don't offer Clipped Klingon when people ask for
inscriptions, tattoos, or song lyrics, but do use it when
speaking casually.
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Although not military situations, one could compare it to "can't"
instead of "cannot", and "won't" instead of "will not", or even
worse "ain't" instead of "is not".
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<p>Contractions are much more acceptable in formal language now than
they were, say, a hundred years ago. Clipped Klingon is more like
speaking in shorthand.</p>
<p>A: Sup?<br>
B: Nothin'.<br>
A: Busy?<br>
B: Got homework.<br>
A: How much?<br>
B: All night.<br>
A: C'mon, catch a movie.<br>
B: I wish.<br>
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SuStel
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