tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Aug 11 11:51:16 1995
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Re: }} Don't greet Death
- From: "Mark E. Shoulson" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: }} Don't greet Death
- Date: Fri, 11 Aug 1995 11:51:16 -0400
>Date: Fri, 11 Aug 1995 08:24:11 -0400 (EDT)
>From: "Elizabeth C. Hoyt" <[email protected]>
>On Thu, 10 Aug 1995, R.B Franklin wrote:
>> Wed, 9 Aug 1995, ghIth tlheghmeQ:
>> > Too bad we don't have a word for polite. Maybe {yIjatlhQo' qaqIHneS}
>> I translate that last part as, "Don't speak. I meet you, your honor."
>It's supposed to be: Don't say "I'm honored to meet you."
>I thought I had this right. Where did I go wrong?
Nowhere. I read it exactly as you intended. I guess yoDtargh forgot that
"jatlh" can mean "say" as well as "speak" and that the quotes of a verb of
speaking can follow or precede.
~mark