Am 23.04.2020 um 20:29 schrieb SuStel:
puq lut n. fairy tale puq lut rorgh n. fairy tale [...] See especially J.R.R. Tolkien's essay /On Fairy Stories./ He would object to calling fairy tales /child-stories/ the way Klingon does.
Oh, yes - that is true. And I think there is no reason to see this as a set phrase. Note that Okrand gave all these as "I'd probably go with A or B or C." so it looks like you can - or even have to - choose depending on context. In addition, {lut rorgh} indicates nothing about children, so also not a fairy tale in the sense of "children bedtimes tory". Basically a {lut rorgh} can be any kind of story. One might even say that Okrand didn't give us a word for "fairy tale", only a suggestion to describe the idea. -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" http://www.tlhInganHol.com http://klingon.wiki/Word/PukLut