tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Feb 21 10:32:14 1995
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Re: Looking for Nick Nicholas
On Tue, 21 Feb 1995, R.B Franklin wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Feb 1995, Richard Kennaway wrote:
>
> > ObHol: A local student magazine wants his permission to reproduce his
> > translation of Sonnet 18. Can anyone suggest a better translation of the
> > name "Bucket of Tongues" than "nujpu' ngaSwi'"?
>
> Literally, think it would just be {jatDu' ngaSwI'} or {jatDu' ngaSbogh
> ngaSwI''e'}.
Might be better to use >jatmey<, as the tongues aren't connected--they
are all over the place. Refer to the TKD description of the poetic
meaning of >tlhonmey< "nostrils (all over the place, scattered)" as
opposed to >tlhonDu'< "nostrils (a pair on the same person)"....