tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Mar 21 10:49:52 1995
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Re: Analysis of {mo'taq lut}
>Date: Tue, 21 Mar 1995 11:47:46 -0500
>Originator: [email protected]
>From: [email protected]
>A.Applyard wrote:
>>For "with honor" I am tempted to suggest {batlhtlhej} = >"honor-accompany".
>You should know by now how this type of suggestion will be received, Anthony.
> There's no rule in Klingon grammar that will allow you to combine a noun or
>adverb /batlh/ with a verb /tlhej/. You can't do it.
True. Moreover, would "tlhej" even be the right verb? But more
importantly than that, there already IS a way to say "with honor". The
*adverb* "batlh" means "honorably" or "with honor" or "in an honorable
fashion."
Look to what's correct in the language before you go insisting on
introducing the incorrect.
~mark