this argument is invalid ; it sounds like "shut up don't ask ; you will accept one phrase and reject another because we say so, and you'll like it". rules are rules. either accept "terran carry-overs" or reject them altogether. mop qIj qunnoq Sent from my goat phone On 7 Aug 2016 4:51 p.m., "MorphemeAddict" <lytlesw@gmail.com> wrote:
The difference is that *bortaS bIr jablu'* is an attested native (canonical) Klingon phrase, whereas *bortaS tlhap* is not so attested. Languages can share the same metaphor, but don't have to.
lay'tel SIvten
On Sun, Aug 7, 2016 at 4:24 AM, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:
Some time ago we had said, that we can't say {bortaS vItlhap} for "I take revenge". Why ? Because the "I take revenge" is an english phrase.
On the other hand, we do say "bortas bIr jabblu' go figure", which is definitely an english phrase.
This is a contradictory situation which confuses me greatly.
mop qIj qunnoq Sent from my goat phone
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