tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Feb 14 16:18:48 1996
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Re: KLBC Preguntas
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: KLBC Preguntas
- Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 19:18:10 -0500
In a message dated 96-02-13 01:45:19 EST, janSIy wrote:
>Actually this in not approximate, just inaccurate. I think the point of
>the "never approximate" statement is that a Klingon would never say
>something like, "It's about 33%." They would simply say, "It's 33%," and
>let you deal with trying to figure out of it's actually 1/3 or exactly
>33/100.
No, I was being approximate, as in imprecise. I'm right, but not exactly
right. However, I chided myself because a Klingon would not see it this way.
If you state something, you're stating it exactly, and you're not "almost
right." A Klingon would see it as inaccurate. It all depends on your point
of view.
SuStel
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