tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Dec 29 07:37:09 2006
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Re: "rule reversal"?
Paul:
>I somehow reversed those two rules in my head. New question -- how to say
>"I reversed those two rules." ? :)
cha' chutHomvetlh vIyoymoHpu'
"I've inverted those two rules"
using {chut} "law" + {-Hom} and the verb {yoy} "be upside down" + {-moH},
which is as close as we have AFAIK. (WRT {yoy}: "I had needed some
technobable once and created 'inverter' [yoymoHwI'] ... which Marc [Okrand]
said was perfect." [Bill Willmerdinger, BabelCon 2].)
Alternatively you could just say {qawHa'} "remember incorrectly". E.g.:
When taking a table's order, the {jabwI'} neither writes anything
down nor enters data into a computer. It is considered the duty of
the {jabwI'} to remember ({qaw}) the choices and to bring the correct
food, and servers tend to be quite skilled at this. On the rare
occasion when the {jabwI'} has remembered incorrectly ({qawHa'}),
the patron may reject ({lajQo'}) the dish. If the patron rejects a
dish that the server believes has been properly remembered, however,
the misunderstanding could develop into minor combat. For most of
the other diners in the restaurant, this is regarded as an exhilarating
diversion. (KGT 101f.)
Hmm... "minor combat" is not a bad description for what occasionally
happens on this list as we quote (or mis-quote) grammar rules, examples and
exceptions at one another! <g>
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons