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   countofio@gmail.com to Darrell   
   Re: So what *did* the Klingon say to Cap   
   01 Aug 20 13:59:56   
   
   On Sunday, September 30, 2001 at 2:58:44 PM UTC-4, Darrell wrote:   
   > Spoiler space below if anyone didn't see the pilot episode   
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   > At the end of "Broken Bow", Archer asks his translator what the Klingon said   
   > and she says "you don't want to know"---well, I would like to know!  (unless   
   > they just had the actor speak gibberish, but since Klingon is an invented   
   > language that's pretty well established, I doubt it.  Anyone here speak   
   > Klingon?  What did he say?   
   > Thanks.   
      
   I always considered it a "dialect" of Klingon. The words were brute force   
   translated one at a time using the word lists at the back of the old Klingon   
   Dictionary Book. Translated that way it roughly means:   
   "I will not kill you today, Boy."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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