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« on: 04 05, 2009, 09:31: PM »

According to TKD, it is improper to add "mey" to a body part. Therefor, DeS (arm)+mey is improper. It does say, however, that some Klingons (like Klingon poets) bend the rules. I have decided to go against Okrands advice about sticking with the rules and make the word DeSmey. DeSmey is supposed to mean "arms scattered about". I would use DeSmey to tell people that arms are lying about after the battle because they got sliced off by a bat'leth or something. I guess my question is, even though DeSmey is improper, would people understand what I meant if I used it?
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« Reply #1 on: 04 05, 2009, 09:52: PM »

Anyone fluent in Klingon will understand. If that's who you're intending the word to be understood by, you will succeed in getting the meaning across.
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