On Wed, 1 May 2019 at 19:44, SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name> wrote:
On 5/1/2019 1:38 PM, Steven Boozer wrote:
De’vID:
"Drak doo" could be some kind of Klingon dialect for {DaH yIDIl}.
At the time I thought this was meant to be Paramount Hol for “Bon appetit!”
In “Conversational Klingon” though, after bringing the hapless Terran tourist to Kronos “dinner number three” (qagh and pipius claw), the waitress told him:
* yISop*,* tera'ngan* Bon appetit, Terran. ["Eat (it), Terran!"] CK
I take the *yISop / **bon appetit* of *CK* to be a bit of tourist humor. The Klingon is saying *Eat!* as in, "I brought you this food, now you better eat it!" The translation is trying to make it sound polite, something a tourist would hear in a high-class restaurant on Earth.
So the Klingon chef in DS9 could be saying anything. There's nothing saying it isn't the actual Klingon equivalent of *bon appetit,* though it could just as easily mean "Next customer!"
Bashir pays him as soon as he says that. I didn't quote the entire thing because it's mostly nonsense, but if you want to see everything in context, here's the transcript: CHEF: Gagh Tek Or. BASHIR: Shall I order for us both? MELORA: All right. BASHIR: Let's see we'll have some racht of course CHEF: Racht. (A handful of worms plonked onto a plate) BASHIR: And a double order of gladst. No sauce please. CHEF: Gladst usu bal. BASHIR: And a side order of zilm'kach. Is that too much for two? CHEF: Zilm'kach. (He puts some apricot pieces on the plate and hands it over.) CHEF: Drak doo. (Bashir pays with coins that the Chef bites to check they are genuine) MELORA: May I? BASHIR: Don't be alarmed. (She fondles the worms) MELORA: Excuse me, Julian, but I can't eat this. BASHIR: I know how it looks but MELORA: P'kar tel Durg Le Frakn'l? CHEF: Dug a bul, rah'tar! MELORA: D'tel klop a bul! CHEF: Pak't pol! MELORA: D'kar tel G'denna! CHEF: I like a customer who knows what she wants. (He takes back the plate, throws it over his shoulder and holds out a fistful of fresh worms) MELORA: G'denna. There's nothing worse then half dead Racht. (Bashir takes the fresh plate, and the chef bites the coins he pays with.) CHEF: Gagh Tek Or. (They go to a table. After the meal.) -- De'vID