tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jul 29 10:28:08 2003
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Re: KLBC: The years sometimes teach us what the days never know.
- From: Andrew Strader <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: The years sometimes teach us what the days never know.
- Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 11:24:28 -0400 (EDT)
ghItlh Voragh:
>>>Dochmey'e' Sovbe'bogh jajmey rut nughojmoH DISmey
[...]
>But to get back to GusZilla's quote... A better question is whether {Doch}
>"thing" can be used in this vague sense. Every single example of {Doch} in
>canon that I know of refers to a physical object and not something
>intangible, like a lesson or an example or a statement.
Agreed. Don't use "Doch" in a sentence like this. "Thing, object" just does
not gloss well when it refers to an abstract thing. There are much better
choices -- De', qech, ngoD, Sov, to name just a few.
"Doch" abuse is my main pet peeve in tlhIngan Hol, and I just had to get
that off my chest. {{:)
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Andrew Strader