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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/12/2019 9:01 AM, Lieven L. Litaer
wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:779a0114-62ff-e679-86d6-254526f21f83@gmx.de">Am
12.04.2019 um 14:41 schrieb De'vID:
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<blockquote type="cite" style="color: #000000;">not qoHpu''e' neH
ghIjlu'.
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<br>
The existence of this adage makes me fairly confident that there
is no
<br>
such taboo.
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Yes, indeed. Besides, there is a difference between "being scared
of
<br>
something" and "being afraid to do something".
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For instance, a Klingon may say {mughIj Ha'DIbaHvam} to mention
that
<br>
this animal makes im feel uncomfortable for some reason, but he
may be
<br>
very brave and touch it anway, so he's not {touching-vIp}.
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<p>He is touching<b>-</b><b>vIp.</b> The suffix <b>-vIp</b> doesn't
preclude you overcoming your fear and doing the verb anyway.</p>
<p>The existence of the proverb doesn't give me much confidence to
conclude that there is no such taboo. It just suggests to me that
there are competing ideals in Klingon society: on the one hand,
there is pressure not to admit fear; on the other hand, there is a
recognition that understanding one's own fear is empowering. We
have similar pressures in our own societies.</p>
<p>The taboo on using <b>-vIp</b> with a first-person subject only
addresses one side of those pressures. I imagine that the same
people who avoid using first-person <b>-vIp</b> would also avoid
using <b>ghIj</b> to admit their own fear. People who espouse the
proverb would be less hesitant to use first-person <b>-vIp.</b><br>
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