tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Aug 06 05:39:56 1996
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traitorous translators
- From: [email protected] (Bill Willmerdinger)
- Subject: traitorous translators
- Date: Mon, 05 Aug 1996 22:34:05
> From: Mark Mandel <ur-valhalla!dragonsys.com!Mark>
> Subject: traitorous translators
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 07:17:04 -0700
> nughItlh la' Qob Sutay-qutvaj [I refuse to mix spelling systems!]:
I know how you feel. The "honorifics" really don't fit into tlhIngan Hol that
well, and according to Okrand the rank should properly *follow* the name.
However, for better or worse, I am Cmdr. Qob sutai-qutvaj.
> I had to look up the Italian, but "traduttori traditori" becomes
> {maghwI'pu' chaH mughwI'pu''e'} in Hol. Obviously, Okrand was
> trying to remind us of something. (Lawrence, perhaps we ought to
> adopt an "unofficial" motto for the KSRP! <g>)
> 'IHqu' jay'! [That's $%^&in' LOVELY!]
Ain't it though? I laughed for five solid minutes. That *had* to be
deliberate!
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| la' Qob sutai-qutvaj |
| tlhIngan wo' Duj quttaj ra'wI' |
| Qojbogh tlhIngan ghom, maS Hurgh yo', *Northern* jogh, jogh boQDu''a' |
| === tlhIngan Hol yejHaD ghojwI' === |
|Fido: Bill Willmerdinger, 1:2613/477.1701 E-mail: [email protected] |
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