tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Aug 31 22:33:58 2013
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: naj
<div dir="ltr">ngaj Daj pIlmoHlaw' nab QaghmeywIj<div>'e' vIpIHbe' jInajtaHvIS je</div><div>maj</div><div>SughoHtaHjaj 'ej maHvam QIjjaj matlh</div><div><br></div><div>The need exists to express the gist of what someone said without quoting. Perhaps it's too long to quote, or the actual words are not known with certainty, but the intended meaning is clear. Klingons value exactness and brevity, and don't want to waste time or misquote someone. An indirect quote allows one to get across what was said without implying that it's an exact quote. A backdoor way might be something like {jatlh la'. qama'pu' neH la'} or for that matter {qama' DIjon 'e' ra' la'}.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The conversation Felix quoted seems to leave the issue open. I wouldn't bet too heavily against Maltz either way.</div><div><br><div class="gmail_extra">~'eD<br><br>-- <br>My modeling blog: <a href="http://bellerophon-modeler.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://bellerophon-modeler.blogspot.com/</a><br>
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