tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Feb 17 11:08:00 1998
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Re: la'Hom vs. ra'wI' QIv
- From: Bill Willmerdinger <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: la'Hom vs. ra'wI' QIv
- Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 00:00:32 -0500
- Organization: IKV Crystal Dagger, Klingon Assault Group Rochester NY
- References: <[email protected]>
[email protected] wrote:
>
> I've noted Sarah's rank in the recent logs I've been posting as <ra'wI' QIv>,
> because I checked an issue of HolQeD and found that listing there. However, I
> remember someone using <la'Hom> also, and I realize that I like that better
> than <ra'wI' QIv>. Does it matter which one I use?
Neither is "official" tlhIngan Hol; the rank list is on page 52 of KGT.
That being said, I prefer (and use) {la'Hom} for a number of reasons.
First, it quite nicely expresses "less than a Commander but more than a
lieutenant" with a noun suffix designed to do just that. If you
translate it "sub-commander" {la'Hom} makes perfect sense. Also, this
method works quite well for "Lieutenant Junior Grade" {SochHom}... and
is much shorter! Finally, it just FEELS more Klingon to me (a highly
subjective reason, yes... and didn't we have that discussion already?
<g>)
Qob, no longer a {la'Hom}
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