tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jun 18 15:38:13 2012
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Old fashioned radio
At 16:17 '?????' 6/18/2012, Felix Malmenbeck wrote:
> That works fine in that context, radio as an >
entertainment/information medium, while in communication with
people > who use it every day. But a shipboard intercom, subspace
radio, and > people running around carrying scrolls would all be
described by Qum > pat, too. It's like "defense system" works fine
to describe moats, > ramparts and pike bearers in 1200 AD, but if
you say it today you > envision, tanks and soldiers, or a
biological immune response, or > maybe a pit of venomous snakes.
jIQochchu'be'. {I don't entirely disagree.} Maybe Qum SeHlaw? It's
used on the BoP poster to mean "communication console".
It's not the object "a radio" that I want to describe. It's the
concept of communicating through periodic variations in electromagnetic waves.
- Qov
________________________________________ From: Robyn Stewart
[[email protected]] Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 23:29 To:
[email protected] Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Old fashioned radio
At 15:21 '?????' 6/18/2012, you wrote: >I remember in an interview
with Boise State Public Radio, Marc used ><Qum pat> (or maybe it was
<Qumpat>) to refer to "radio". He sounded >uncertain, but it makes
sense to me. That works fine in that context, radio as an
entertainment/information medium, while in communication with people
who use it every day. But a shipboard intercom, subspace radio, and
people running around carrying scrolls would all be described by Qum
pat, too. It's like "defense system" works fine to describe moats,
ramparts and pike bearers in 1200 AD, but if you say it today you
envision, tanks and soldiers, or a biological immune response, or
maybe a pit of venomous snakes. I need to be more specific. > 'ul
yu'egh Qumpat ________________________________________ From: > Qov
[[email protected]] Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 23:07 To: >
[email protected] Subject: [Tlhingan-hol] Old fashioned radio I >
need to describe a regular old radio transmitter, in terms people >
will understand. 'ul yu'egh QumwI' 'ul chaDvay labwI' QumwI' cham >
tIQ (it is from the perspective of people who use 'evnagh) nuq >
bochup? nuq bomaS? - Qov >
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