tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Apr 07 19:19:46 1997
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Re: "mIvwIj lunIDta'bogh wej tu'lu"???
- From: "Mark E. Shoulson" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: "mIvwIj lunIDta'bogh wej tu'lu"???
- Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 22:19:44 -0400 (EDT)
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]> (message fromMarian Schwartz on Sat, 5 Apr 1997 06:04:45 -0800 (PST))
>Date: Sat, 5 Apr 1997 06:04:45 -0800 (PST)
>From: Marian Schwartz <[email protected]>
>
> qoror here. Something just occured to me. In HolQeD cha'maH, Krankor
>used the sentence "mIvmIj lunIDta'bogh wej tu'lu'," and something occured to me.
>"There were three who had stolen my helmet" is a markedly Terran sentence. To
>quote N. Nicholas, it's "flaccid" and "ponderous," and the exact same meaning
>could be carried out with "mIvmIj lunIDta' wej."
> nuq boQub?
Probably. I think I like it better myself. But it's a style thing;
Krankor wrote it the way he wanted to.
~mark