tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Feb 07 16:07:11 1995
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Re: grip, grasp, hold
>Date: Tue, 7 Feb 1995 03:59:09 -0500
>Originator: [email protected]
>From: "A.Appleyard" <[email protected]>
>> I am trying to find a way to say "grip, grasp, hold" in Klingon meaning to
>> have in your hands.
>What we need is not an assortment of makeshifts but Okrand to provide a proper
>separate word for "grasp".
Why? The word "grasp" means several different things. Why shouldn't it
have several different "makeshift" translations for its various meanings?
Just because English chooses to lump them all together in one word?
~mark