<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 6, 2019 at 4:33 PM SuStel <<a href="mailto:sustel@trimboli.name">sustel@trimboli.name</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 11/6/2019 4:30 PM, Will Martin wrote:<br>
> In all the depictions of a veqlargh, I don’t remember anyone chatting <br>
> with one, <br>
<br>
He's chatty in the first depiction.<br>
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<a href="https://youtu.be/_ofYRHe1cFM?t=25" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/_ofYRHe1cFM?t=25</a><br></blockquote><div><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">He's also chatty in the paq'batlh. Pages 106-107, lines 4-12: <br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><b>tlhoS lojmItmey veghDI'<br> qeylIS qorDu' je<br> 'el veqlargh<br>jach veqlargh jatlh<br> muqaD vay' 'ej ghe'tor 'el porgh<br> nuqDaq ghaH petaQ'e'<br>targh Darur<br> vaj qaSam 'ej qaHoH<br> ghIq cha' tIqDu'lIj vISop</b><br><br><i>Kahless and his kin<br> Were almost at the gates,<br> When Fek'lhr came in.<br>He screamed: "Where is the p'takh<br> Who dares to enter Gre'thor<br> Within a body?!<br>"I will hunt you down<br> Like a targ and slay you,<br> Then eat both your hearts!"</i></div></blockquote><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><i><br></i></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">As for plurals, there's this aphorism from TKW (page 197)</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">You pay attention to your Fek'lhr and I will pay attention to mine.<br><b>veqlarghlI' yIbuS 'ej veqlarghwI' vIbuS.</b></div></blockquote><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><b><br></b></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Suggesting that, at least in a metaphorical sense, it's possible to conceive of more than one Fek'lhr. (Note, too, that <b>veqlargh</b> takes the "language user" possessive suffixes.)<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><b></b></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><i></i></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><i></i><br></div></div></div></div></div>