Wasn’t there an audio recording of Worf teaching us verbal commands for dogs/targhmey that included the two verbs in this sequence, as stated here: PuSDaj chop. chev. I remember the term “phonographic memory”... pItlh charghwI’ ‘utlh (ghaH, ghaH, -Daj)
On Jun 9, 2026, at 2:25 PM, SuStel via tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org> wrote:
From: tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol-bounces@lists.kli.org> On Behalf Of Lieven L. Litaer via tlhIngan-Hol
Does {chop} really mean just "bite"? Or does it also mean "bite off"?
It just means "bite." In English, "bite" alone doesn't imply "bite off," and {chop} wasn't defined as "bite off." {chop} means to close the teeth against something.
{'uSDaj chop. chev.} means to do two things: bite the leg (and) separate it (from its owner). No doubt insufferable Klingon nerds would, at this point, demonstrate biting something, then releasing it, taking out a knife, and cutting it off of whatever it's part of and say, "See? See? I bit it and separated it, just like you said! See?" _______________________________________________ tlhIngan-Hol mailing list tlhIngan-Hol@lists.kli.org http://lists.kli.org/listinfo.cgi/tlhingan-hol-kli.org