tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Feb 14 21:02:56 2004

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QuljIb ([email protected])



qaStaHvIS cha'maH jar Suy jIH.  *tera'ngan ja* vIngevpu'. to' Dup je ghojmoHbog paqmey vIngevpu.  jIQapchu'.

bID ben mev.

qaStaHvIS jav jar pagh yaH vighaj.  jIbelHa'chu'.  DaH yaH chu' vIghan 'ach jIbelHa'taH.

*ghItlhmeH DIr* luchenmoH malja' vIbaj.  *ghItlhmeH DIr* chenmoHmeH, pe' Sor Hap 'ej vut.  chatlh jeD chenmoHlu' Sor Hap vutpu'.  HabmoHlu' 'ej QaDmoHlu' chatlh jeDvam.

'ach chenta'be' DIr.  vIwaHnIS yaHwIjvaD *ghItlhwI'jo'mey* vIleH. Hum'a' DIrmey?  DIrmey SopDI' jo'mey'e', voQ'a'?  'e' vItu', jo'meyvaD SanIDmey DIr vIje'.

Dalba' jay!


SKI: quljIb describes his new duties, which bore him.


Technical Terms:

*tera'ngan ja* == Chess.  Formed by analogy with {tlhIn ja} (klinzha), the game featured in John Ford's The Final Reflection.

*ghItlhmeH DIr* == Paper.  Literally "skin for writing", formed by analogy with {ghojmeH taj}, "knife for learning".

*ghItlhwI'jo'* == Printer.  Literally "scribe machine", from {ghItlhwI'}, "scribe stylus" and {jo'} machinery.  While technically speaking, a printer "paints" {DIj} or stains {nguvmoH} paper with ink {rItlh}, a {DIjwI'jo'} doesn't acurately describe a printer, and a {nguvwI'jo'} sounds like a machine for dying wool or leather.


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