tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Apr 19 09:23:25 1996
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Re: Nouns as Verbs
Mark J. Reed wrote:
>
> Consulat General de Pologne <#[email protected]> writes:
> \ [email protected] (Alan Anderson) wrote:
> \
> \ > macheq writes:
> \ > >How do you say in Klingon:
> \ > >1) "By the way:"
> \ >
> \ > I *don't* say it in Klingon. This phrase usually carries no meaning;
> \ > there's no point in translating it. If you *do* intend for it to mean
> \ > something, then say what you intend it to mean. What does it mean to
> \ > you?
> \
> \ It means: "In connection with what you have said/what I have said/what
> \ has been said - may I make a remark/let me say something"
> \
> \ Easy?
> Yes, but it seems to fall into the category of platitudes, which
> Klingons eschew. Just as a Klingon doesn't say "hello" or "good-bye",
> s/he seems unlikely to say "by the way" - the phrase is just verbal
> filler, conveying no meaning by itself, serving only to provide an
> explicit link between two portions of a conversation. So when one is
> speaking tlhIngan Hol, it would make sense simply not to use the
> phrase, rather than to hunt for a translation.
>
> -marqoS
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