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<p>> This use of the English words screw and drill are idiomatic.</p>
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<p>Indeed. It's rather telling that the expression does not survive translation into Swedish, which is basically just English with a few extra vowels.</p>
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<p>"Hey, Sven! Your mother is <em>skruvad</em>!"<br>
"Yeah, I guess she does have a pretty weird sense of humor."<br>
"Huh? No, I mean ... she is <em>borrad</em>!"</p>
<p>"What, like ... at the dentist's?"</p>
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<p>That doesn't mean Klingon can't have the same dual meanings as English, but the fact that it doesn't exist in a language so closely related to English should serve to warn us from assuming it exists in a language that evolved on another planet.</p>
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<p>I believe English-speakers also sometimes use the word "stab" to describe a sex act, while in Klingon {DuQ} has the rather different (albeit not mutually exclusive) idiomatic meaning of "touch/move (emotionally)". (And in Swedish, the closest translation
(<em>hugga</em>) is used idiomatically to mean "grab/grip (a person or thing)".)<br>
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<p>//loghaD</p>
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<p>P.S. On a side note, while the existence of {Hab SoSlI' Quch.} suggests that "yo momma"-style insults are a thing in Klingon, I kind of feel like we have enough of those here on Earth. I prefer targs and tribbles.<br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol-bounces@lists.kli.org> on behalf of SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 15, 2018 18:58<br>
<b>To:</b> tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [tlhIngan Hol] voD and mu'qaD veS</font>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/15/2018 12:46 PM, Lieven L. Litaer wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">Am 15.10.2018 um 18:35 schrieb mayqel qunenoS: <br>
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<pre>If someone said to a klingon..
SoSlI' Sa'Hut luvoD wa'maH verengan mang.
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SoSli' ngaghmeH QemjIq voD wa' verengan mangghom.
Would he get the meaning ?</pre>
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I enjoy your dirty thoughts <span class="moz-smiley-s1" title=":-)"><span>:-)</span></span>
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Anyway, when I hear "drill" I don't think "screw". A drill MAKES a hole, it does not put anything in it.
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<p>This use of the English words <i>screw</i> and <i>drill </i>are idiomatic. Screwing involves a twisting motion and drilling involves making a hole, as Lieven says, neither of which particularly resemble the act you're considering.</p>
<p>A Klingon would no doubt become angry, but not because you suggested anything particularly sexual.<br>
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