tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 23 05:52:31 1995
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Re: Word for `English'
On Mon, 23 Jan 1995, A.Appleyard wrote:
> Someone said that {DIvI' Hol} is canonical for `English'. But my Klingon ->
> English analyzer says this for the word {DIvI'}:-
> ---- DIvI' ----
> - PP:we/them V:accumulate
> - N:organization
You blew it here, actually, >DIvI'< is defined as "federation, organization"
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with the next K-->E entry being >DIvI'may'Duj< "Federation battle cruiser"
By extension, >DIvI' Hol< seems quite valid for "Federation language".
> - N:[litter|rubble|debris]* V:accumulate
> - N:[litter|rubble|debris]* N:[sharpshooting|marksmanship]*
>
> (1) This depends on English being the official language of whatever (if any)
> organization is implicitly meant when someone says "the organization".
> (2) The third line of the above analysis looks like Okrand's, or some bygone
> Klingon warrior's, opinion of what large organizations' offices are like.
But when did NV combinations get legal? Is the program not set up to
eliminate compounds like that? Or at least flag them.......
Of course, I always prefered >tera'ngan Hol< as a better description of
English.
Dave.
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