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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/9/2019 9:54 AM, Alan Anderson
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">I mean, who actually gives a crap how the others are doing anyway..
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Don’t confuse “not asking as part of starting a conversation” with “not caring”. There’s nothing wrong with niceties in Klingon if you really mean them.</pre>
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<p>Right. The idea is that you honor a Klingon by dealing straight
with them, not beating around the bush, possibly deceiving or
manipulating them. Klingons appreciate this straightforwardness.
Thus, in one example when the Terran in <i>Power Klingon</i>
successfully concludes a deal by being straightforward, the
Klingon says <b>batlh malja' DaHuq,</b> and in the other he says
<b>Ha'! DaH matlhutlh.</b> The deal concluded, potential problems
avoided, the participants are now free to engage in pleasantries,
secure in the knowledge that no one is trying to get one over on
them. But since they're already waaaaay past the "Hi, nice day,
can we talk" stage, those aren't things one would have any reason
to say.<br>
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