tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Dec 25 15:48:01 1998
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Re: Problem Words
At 07:11 PM 12/24/98 -0800, you wrote:
>From: SuSvaj <[email protected]>
>>qatlh bIbep? "Ockham" 'etlh lo'Ha' "Contact" qonwI'pu' 'e' DaHar'a'? 'e'
>>vIHarbe'. lo'chu'. pagh, "Ockham" 'etlh lo'Ha''a' QeD lutmey bejbogh
>>ghotpu'? yIQIj.
>
>lo'lu'chu' pagh lo'Ha'lu' 'e' vISaHbe'.
>
>"Contact" lubejpa' ghot law', not "Ockham's Razor" qech luSov. 'ach DaH reH
>"Ockham's Razor" lulo' ghotvam. jatlh reH "Ockham's Razor" qech vISov.
>Dapvam luHarlaw'.
toH, "Ockham" 'etlh luyajbe' nuvpu' law'. 'ach luyaj 'e' luHarmo'
nuvpu'vam, bIQeH. lu', 'e'vIyajlaH. 'ach pIch ghajbe' "Contact." pIch
ghaj yajHa'wI'pu'.
>
>'ej potlhchu'be' "Ockham's Razor" jay'!
nap "Ockham" 'etlh qech, 'ach potlhqu'. qechvam yajchugh, 'ej lo'chugh
nuvpu' law', ghaytan pujqu' lalDanmey. lalDan qech pojchugh HarwI'pu',
chaq HarwI' puS tu'lu'.
>
>>>"T-Rex" luQoymo' "Jurassic Park" bejwI', reH "T-Rex" lujatlh 'e' luHar!
>>>jIjatlh: "Jurassic Park" Dabejpa', "Tyrannosaurus Rex" bIjatlh.
>vIjanglu':
>>>qarbe'! reH, reH "T-Rex" jIjatlh jay'! jIqarbejqu' jIH, 'ej ngebwI'pu'
>Har
>>>qoHpu'vam.
>>
>>qar "T-Rex", qar "Tyrannosaurus Rex".
>
>qarbe'qu' "T-Rex."
"Shorthand" neH 'oH "T-Rex"'e'. jIvumtaHvIS mu'vam vIlo', 'ej lo' yIn tIQ
tejpu'vISovbogh.
pongqoqvam lo'pa' Michael Crichton (latlh qonwI' ghap),
>lo' pagh. DaH lo' HochHey, 'ej val 'e' luHarlaw'.
>
>The whole thing just reminds me of a field of science-fiction movie-watching
>sheep, being led around without any thoughts of their own. "Jurassic Park"
>uses 'T-Rex,' so that MUST be the correct thing to say."
Your point is not without merit, but you've chosen some rather trivial
examples.
SuSvaj