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Re: Subject: Re: KLBCbej: jIyInta



---Qor'etlh <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> rIntaH: Over! A term used in radio communications to indicate that; "I
> am done transmitting, now it is your turn to _continue_ the
> conversation" so that the reciever of this will then know when to
> begin speaking. In radio, to avoid traffic collisions, one must
> recieve a verbal clue as to when one is able to speak, given by the
> previous speaker in a multiparty conversation. 
> 
> 
> KISS: This is one of the core words used in almost all  modern
> military organizations. Except the Russians, they drive the rest of us
> crazy during SIGINT (Signal Interception). Thus Qov has an excuse to
> not know this on two counts! (Russian being one of her earlier
> Languages of study, and that she has never been in the military) 

qaStaHvIS cha' DIS *coastguard*vaD jItoy'mo', "over" vIghovbej.  'ach
<rIntaH> jatlh valQIS neH.  jatlhbe' Qugh.  wa'logh jatlh valQIS.  vaj
"over" 'oSbe'law' rIntaH.  Daj qech, 'ach vIHarbe'.

"over" lulo'be' Russianganpu' neH 'e' vISovbe'.  Daj je.  <rIntaH>
jatlhta'DI' valQIS jang'a' Qugh?  chaq "out" 'oS.

==

Qov - Beginners' Grammarian

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