tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Nov 16 11:29:22 1995
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Re: tlhIngan pongmey
- From: Soruk of Vulcan <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: tlhIngan pongmey
- Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 19:31:54 +0000 (GMT)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
- Organization: Klingon High Council
On Thu, 16 Nov 1995, Garrett Michael Hayes wrote:
> On 16 Nov 95 at 10:14, d'Armond Speers wrote:
>
> > > This sounds good to me. However, there are probably a LOT of people
> > > involved in things Klingon who are also computer types. You might
> > > want to pick something a bit more personal and less transitory.
> >
> > When I came on this list late in 1992, I received some flack for choosing
> > "Holtej" as my name. I countered with the observation that TKD lists
> > names for people that are also other words, like /Qugh/ and /matlh/.
> > Then, there's the incontravertible /Qel/, which pretty much settles
> > things. Also, it's not at all uncommon to choose names of professions as
> > personal names, such as "Porter", "Smith", and "Miller". I think we've
> > done a decent job of disambiguating when we're referring to an individual,
> > ane when we're referring to a profession, on this list.
> >
> > --Holtej
> >
>
> My observation was not intended as "flack" or any other sort of
> criticism. My own *tlhIngan pong* certainly translates as an
> "occupation" of sorts. All I meant was that it seemed possibly a
> "quick" choice and that he might want to consider a bit further if he
> wanted that as a "permanent" name, or find something which might be
> more distinctive of him personally. It is certainly not my place (or
> anyone's) to tell someone what a "proper" name is.
I can't really add all that much, since my ow *tlhIngan pong*
doesn't exactly translate as anything!!!
-- toDbaj
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