tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Aug 15 19:39:00 1996
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Re: KLBC: History....
- From: [email protected] (HoD trI'Qal)
- Subject: Re: KLBC: History....
- Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 22:40:27 -0400
At 02:16 AM 8/15/96 -0700, dpNoll wrote:
>
>>>> Yep. Page 179, translated as {qun qon charghwI'pu''e'}, or "CONQUERORS
>>>> record history".
>
>>> Hmm, wonder why it's not "luqon."
>
>> Me too... Clipped Klingon?
>
>Considering that it's a proverb, I'm not suprised that it does not conform
>(remember MO's excuse for one of the other anomalies?) to the general
>grammar.
I prefer to find an "existing" reason, rather than to go saying "LOOK! NEW
GRAMMAR!" Or worse, "Okrand forgot it again! :("
Saying that it is "clipped" explains this using the rules we already have. :)
>On the other hand, maybe using the single when the actual noun is quite
>clearly plural means that "conquerors in general", like "the conqueror".
Hm... this is an interesting theory... I will be interested to see where the
debate on it goes... *props her feet up, and starts munching popcorn as she
waits for the show...*
>lapQa' (sorry about that, just saw the "anagrams" MPFC episode :) )
Uh... I didn't understand any of this. I realize that lapQa' is a
perversion of Qapla', but I don't understad "anagram" or MPFC. Private
email is fine ([email protected])
--tQ
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