tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Nov 10 03:45:42 1997
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RE: ST:EXP Transmission
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: ST:EXP Transmission
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 97 04:03:39 UT
[email protected] on behalf of William H. Martin wrote:
> Let's please not assume this is canon before we get some sort of
> confirmation. There is a lot of really weird stuff here,
While I, too, hope dearly that Okrand did not write this, or that he wrote it
tongue-in-cheek, I see that you have a specific agenda to prove, and the
"weird" things you point out (snipped from this message) aren't
heart-stopping. Many of them are simply a matter of style, and we haven't
seen enough of Okrand in extended text to determine exactly what his style
would be. A good idea, yes, but not enough. I am uncertain as to the
authorship, though I have my doubts that it was Okrand.
Hmmm . . . do you consider the time Okrand used {tIv'egh} for "they enjoyed
themselves" as canon? I don't. It was just a posted letter to the message
board, not a Maltz-approved message. It's a word to be considered, but not
heralded as an appropriate use of such an expression.
> > tera' poH jaj wa', jar wa', jaj loSDIch, DIS wa'-Hut-Hut-chorgh:
>
>The hyphenation of the date digits is also... unique.
No, it isn't. Okrand used it in SkyBox cards SP1, SP2, and SP3 in the
copyright notice. He used {tera' DIS wa'-Hut-Hut-loS}, including the hyphens.
This doesn't mean this is THE CORRECT WAY to say it, and it doesn't prove
that Okrand wrote it, but it isn't evidence against it, either.
SuStel
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