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« on: 03 07, 2006, 07:03: AM »

From time to time we see the Paraborg Klingon glyphs, arranged in some artistic manner. Usually I have heard that they do not spell out anything. I came across one set of these, although I can not find the picture anywhere that it occurred to me could have been a set of initials or other abbreviation for a saying. That got me to thinking about backwards engineering some of these examples, into sayings that have meaning. Has anyone else ever tried such a thing?
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« Reply #1 on: 03 08, 2006, 09:32: AM »

If you're going to try that, why not use a little trick: ignore all verb
prefixes in your acronym, since they obscure whatever verb they are
attached to.  For example, on the KLI's mailing list, I have been known
to use rpH, which means 'ROTFL' and stands for ravDaq jIpum,
jIHaghtaHvIS
'floor-to I-fall I-laugh-while'.  Writing it rjj would
be technically correct but not very informative.

If you're going to try reverse-engineering the groups of pIqaD,
this would open up the number of verbs you could use.

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