SuStel:

> An exception—at least in English—would be if person A 

> used an endearment of person B while talking to person C; 

> person C would be justified in repeating the endearment, as > it is in the context of being what person A would say.

> A: choHIvchugh vavoywI' vIja'!

> C: vavoylI' Daja'chugh qaHIvqa'.

However the question remains..

A uses an endearment of person B while talking to person C; person C repeats the endearment.

Is there a possibility that person C, in his effort to recreate what person A would say, is actually showing endearment too toward person B ? Perhaps even if he doesn't want to ?

Of course, in the above "if you attack me" example, context makes it difficult for person C to be actually showing endearment himself toward the father of A.

But what if we didn't have a "negative" example ? What if instead of the {choHIvchugh} we had {choQaHchugh} ? Couldn't it here be possible of an endearment being expressed from C, toward the "daddy" of A ?

Dunno. I was illustrating an exception that occurs in English, but we don't know if it happens in Klingon.

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