tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Aug 09 21:36:52 1997
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Re: KLBC|Help
namron samoht <[email protected]> writes:
>Can you tell what the kligon for "Aw, shucks" is.
Only if you can tell what "Aw, shucks" means to begin with.
I'm serious -- there are many concepts that don't have even
the beginnings of a word-for-word translation, and this one
fits that category.
Sometimes it's not even enough to know what you mean by the
words themselves. It is occasionally important to know why
those words are spoken, with some information about context
that can distinguish between subtle differences in meaning.
--
Alan Anderson, professional programmer and amateur Klingonist
proud member of the Klingon Language Institute since 1995
qo'mey poSmoH Hol -- language opens worlds -- http://www.kli.org/