tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Oct 24 13:53:57 2006
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Re: what is canon?
ja' lay'tel SIvten:
> Voragh,
> You often comment on a KWOTD that such and such a word has never
> been used in
> canon, even though the word itself is a part of canon; i.e., it
> occurs in one
> of Okrand's works. What is this narrower definition of canon you
> are using?
The obvious distinction is simple: there is a difference between
"use" and "mention". Simply listing a word is not the same thing as
using it in context.
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