tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jun 01 08:11:14 1995
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Re: new one = trigger
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: new one = trigger
- Date: Thu, 01 Jun 95 11:10:54 EST
On Wed, 31 May 95 Alan Anderson wrote
>I have an amusing thought. Occasionally we refer to a newcomer as a
>{chu'wI'} "one who is new".
Snip
>All too often, we see misguided attempts to enlarge the vocabulary.
>"Trigger" again; usually a few well-crafted arguments suffice to
>convince the offender that to "make" novel words is a bad thing, but
>sometimes the ripples continue for a long time.
mu'vam vIrurqu' {{:-) > (This isn't as funny in Klingon.)
Misguided attempt hunh? I thought we were supposed to try to attempt
to come up with compound words to describe non-cannon words. Well I'm
a chu'wI' so I guess I'll be triggering things for awhile.
>-- ghunchu'wI'
r'Hul