tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Apr 27 15:07:51 1998
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Re: Correct me if I'm wrong but..
- From: "Robyn Stewart" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Correct me if I'm wrong but..
- Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 15:06:22 PST
- Organization: NLK Consultants, Inc.
- Priority: normal
Joel answered Ron Van Gurp:
>> -pu'/-mey pluralization suffix. 'Sentient' does not seem to be the
>> issue, or am I missing something? This raises an interesting
>> question (to me at least :-)): would the computer voice of e.g.
>> Enterprise be addressed as /ghoghlI'/ or /ghoghlIj/ in a sentence
>> like: De'wI', ghoghlI'/ghoghlIj chu'Ha'lu'pu'?
>
> I think it is a judgement call, and that was my point. The decision
> to use lI'/lIj pu'/mey are yours to make, and while often obvious,
> your decision is part of what you communicate
Oops, read the question carefully. The possessor, not the possession
is of dubious sentience. If the thing possessed is not itself a
being of a type that is capable of speech, then use {-lIj}. Parts of
beings, including the parts that participate in the speech process
are still {-lIj}. Definitely {ghoghlIj}. Possibly {De'wI'lI', in
the case of a scifi computer that is achieving sentience.
- Qov