Obviously we are understanding differently the concept of what a metaphor actually is. The way I understand the whole matter, not only a phrase, but a word as well may be used metaphorically. We say "debt haircut" ; we don't mean that the debt of a country has hair, but we use the word "haircut" in a metaphoric way. That however, is something we cannot do in klingon, thus the original question of this thread. qunnoq On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 4:30 PM, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
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?
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