tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jan 24 15:45:18 1995
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Re: law'/puS
On Tue, 24 Jan 1995, Mark E. Shoulson wrote:
> >From: [email protected]
> >> >There have been other obvious mistakes. Does anyone remember {jIHtaHbogh
> >> >naDev vISovbe'} in TKD pg.172?
> >> Don't remind me.
> >This must have been before I was on the list - could someone explain it to me.
> >Thanks.
> Not so much that it was on the list... but it's in TKD, and it sucks
> (Okrand was plainly trying for "I don't know the "here" in which I am").
> Notably, in CK, it's "DaqwIj jISovbe'." Far better. That's about all
> there is to it.
pardon me for asking, but.....
{jIHtaHbogh naDev vISovbe'} is a mistake? howso? i can see that it is a
complicated sentence, and there's definitely better ways to say "Where
the hell am I?", but what are some objections?
seriously -- i hadn't noticed the problem before, and i'm curious as to
*why*. one response is all i need -- don't want to open any wormcans....
> ~mark
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