mayqel qunenoS:
So, we have the word {SorHa'}, meaning "to speak metaphorically". <...> But then, how is someone supposed to speak metaphorically ?
Two good metaphors come from Spock's intentionally confusing statement to the android Norman (TOS "I, Mudd"): "Logic is a little bird tweeting in a meadow. Logic is a wreath of pretty flowers that smells bad." {Sor} "speak literally" and {SorHa'} "speak metaphorically" may themselves be metaphors: (Qov, 7/29/2013): [Okrand] appears to agree that [{SorHa'}] implies {Sor} means "speak literally", and that this is connected to the expression {lugh; Sor rur} ["correct as a tree"]. As an added bonus, {Sor} is also a pun: (qurgh, 5/16/2016): I can tell you the pun ({Sor}) is one Okrand really likes, and it's not on the word "sure". I can't give any more, as I've been literally sworn to secrecy. I think qunnoq himself figured it out right after qurgh's clue: {Sor} -> shore -> littoral -> literal -> speak literally? -- Voragh tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a' Ca'Non Master of the Klingons