tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Oct 26 07:36:20 2006
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Re: canonless vocab - {baHjan} n.
lay'tel SIvten:
> > {'otlh peng baHjan} = Photon Torpedo Launcher [BoP #7]
> >
> > {peng baHjan tuj ghImwI'} = Heat Exhaust for Torpedo Launcher [BoP #8]
> > [[{ghImwI'}=>{tlhuchwI'}]]
> >
> > Do you not count these as canon?
> > I currently have four categories of canon usage:
> > spoken (e.g., the movies, TV series, tapes) (270),
> > written (e.g., SkyBox cards, Hallmark, the "Experience" poster,
> > and BoP (234),
> > phrase (99),
> > example (most sentences) (1700).
> >> I currently have 2303 instances of canon, some of which are
> duplicates, being
> > found in more than one source.
naHQun:
>I do count these as canon, my dictionary file is simply incomplete.
As do I, but I don't have things broken (and counted) down into subsets as
lay'SIv does - though everything is of course labelled as to source. These
may not be complete sentences, but they do provide context as well as
providing models for constructing compound nouns: for example {peng
baHjan} is two words, not two.
>My main motivation for listing the words I don't have examples for was
>for someone to correct me with examples.
>I am constantly finding errors and omissions in my notes, to which I
>am eager to fix.
Tell me about it! I've been compiling vocabulary notes for over 15 years
now and am *still* finding the occasional embarrassing error or typo.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons