tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Feb 01 08:48:20 1999
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Re: KLBC: Two IFs on one THEN?
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: Two IFs on one THEN?
- Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 11:48:09 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
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On Sat, 30 Jan 1999 21:41:09 -0800 (PST) Alan Anderson
<[email protected]> wrote:
> ja' Voragh:
> >Here is the entire text of the card, of which the bit I quoted was an extract:
> >
> > T.N.G. EPISODES SERIES (3rd SEASON): CARD S13
> > (Published in HolQeD 4.3:5)
> >
> > tlhIngan qorDu' potlh Klingon Family Values
> >
> > qorDu' lurDechmeyna' pab tlhInganpu'. qorDu' SaHlu'chugh 'ej
> > matlhlu'chugh vaj wa' tlhIngan ghob potlhqu'. tlhIngan qorDu'
> > pong potlh law' Hoch potlh puS.
> >
> > With strong family traditions, devotion and loyalty to family
> > is one of the most important Klingon virtues. Above all, the
> > Klingon family name is highly valued.
> >
> >You're right, it does seem as if the line should read {... vaj potlhqu' wa'
> >tlhIngan ghob}.
>
> It would also work well as {...vaj wa' tlhIngan ghob potlhqu' tu'lu'}.
For that matter, it might be even clearer as ... vaj potlhqu'
tlhIgan wa' ghob. That way, we'd know it was a Klingon's one
ethic and not the eithics of one Klingon.
> -- ghunchu'wI'
charghwI' 'utlh