tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Dec 20 08:39:36 1996
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Re: Elbow Strike
>Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 06:14:39 -0800
>From: [email protected]
>
>Now to head any complaints off, I discussed with my students: "If I ask
>you to show me a bent arm strike what would you do?" They all 100% of 150
>students I asked showed me one of the 5 elbow strikes that I teach. So I
>know this recast is intelligble for my audience.\
Indeed, in a noun-centric setting. In English, we like to say things like
"show me a bent-arm strike." In Klingon, I'd be more likely to expect
"demonstrate an attack with the arm bent." Something like "DeS boSIHtaHvIS
peHIv".
~mark