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« on: 05 05, 2007, 09:24: AM »

I'm Mike Son of Mike (Is it honorable to be one's own father?.

Hello fellow Klingons. I am a terrible speller, so I don't know how to spell "KA -PLA"


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« Reply #1 on: 05 05, 2007, 02:03: PM »

Welcome to the Forums, Mike son of Mike. I don’t know if it is honorable to be one’s own father, but it is very confusing... Still, which is worse: to be called Mike Son of Mike, or Junior?

I am glad you bring up the issue of “KA-PLA.” As you probably know, it means “success” and is a word ripe for misspelling. Whether out of willful ignorance or arrogance (the same thing, I suppose), too many people jump head first into its trap. It is properly spelled {Qapla’}. Make sure to:
- always capitalize the Q. “Q” and “q” are pronounced differently in {thlIngan Hol}, the dominant Klingon language.
- Don't neglect the apostrophe. In {thlingan Hol} it is used as a letter and holds a distinct sound value.

I hold spell-flamers as lowly, dishonorable creatures, but when I see someone misspell {Qapla’} I want to rearrange any forehead patterns the offender may have...

-=- Kesvirit


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« Reply #2 on: 05 05, 2007, 03:49: PM »

Misspelling is like shooting aimlessly...
Furthermore a word spelled (and therefor pronounced) wrongly can cause worse than rearranged ridges on Klin...

Welcome to the fora, Mike Mike puqloD...

puqloD = son (childman)


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« Reply #3 on: 05 05, 2007, 03:58: PM »

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wrote SoptaHlaHwI': a word spelled (and therefor pronounced) wrongly...

*snork*

Intentional to prove a point? Yes, that must be it...

-=- Kesvirit }}:-P


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« Reply #4 on: 12 15, 2007, 05:59: AM »

Quote from: Kesvirit on 05 05, 2007, 03:58: PM

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wrote SoptaHlaHwI': a word spelled (and therefor pronounced) wrongly...

*snork*

Intentional to prove a point? Yes, that must be it...

-=- Kesvirit }}:-P

LOL! no...
I should remember that trailing "e"...
But if you feel like re-arranging my ridges... Bring it on! 8-)


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« Reply #5 on: 12 17, 2007, 01:55: PM »

Yay! Thank you! Thank you! * re-arranges your ridges to look like a picture of a nice beach with tides rolling in and a big palm tree* Hmmm.... * looks at it thoughtfully, making a few more tweaks here and there, then apparently satisfied, rearranges your ridges back to exactly the same pattern you had before he started*


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