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fiat_knox ([personal profile] fiat_knox) wrote2010-07-03 08:04 pm

A classic insult

Having recently dug up an introductory PDF for the Vulcan language for Star Trek, I took in the Ancient High Golic Vulcan phrase

Du vravshal srashiv t'Kolinahr


which, roughly translated, means

You have not achieved Kolinahr


or, in simpler language,

You have failed to achieve a state of logic


Do you think I can use this as a veiled insult to stupid people or what? :D

[identity profile] kleenexwoman.livejournal.com 2010-07-03 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
In my experience, the drawback to using foreign languages as insults to other people is that they don't know what it means. And then they ask you what it means. And if you say "It means have a nice day!" they know you're lying.