tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Feb 22 00:26:35 1995
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Bucket of tongues (was: Re: Looking for Nick Nicholas)
- From: "A.Appleyard" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Bucket of tongues (was: Re: Looking for Nick Nicholas)
- Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 08:25:32 GMT
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ghItlhpu' "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>:-
> ["nujpu' ngaSwi'"] means "tongues' bucket". While you can translate that as
> "bucket of tongues, you must realize that you are referring to the bucket
> and not its cargo. If you are using "bucket" as a unit of measure, it would
> probably be better to count the tongues and use the number.
Then what <is> the Klingon for "an X-ful of Y" = "the amount of Y that can
fit into an X"? Perhaps he didn't know right then how many tongues make a
bucketful, or what the cubic capacity of a teacup is (in e.g. "take a
teacupful of flour"). I don't!
> Even if you don't count them, remember, a Klingon may be inaccurate, but he
> is never approximate.
Why not? Anyone may have to be approximate, if he can't get find or hold of
the exact value at the time.