tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Aug 20 06:39:38 1994
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Re: <Hol wIja'chuq> was: Re:...
- From: HoD trI'Qal <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: <Hol wIja'chuq> was: Re:...
- Date: Sat, 20 Aug 1994 18:35:34 -0400 (EDT)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "d'Armond Speers" at Aug 17, 94 08:30:44 pm
Holtejvo':
> trI'Qalvo':
>
> > > DujlIj yIlachHa'Qo' 'ej yIvuvtaH. Of course your instincts count. Instincts
> > > have everything to do with how languages are used.
> >
> > "Never unexaggerate your ship and continuaously trust it"? Huh?
>
> {Duj} is both "ship" and "instincts."
This is what I get for not looking things up as I translate anymore.
DopDaq qul yIchenmoH QobDI' ghu'.
(see? I have them with me this time! @yay!)
> > Remember that a person's "instincts" about a language are based on
> > *their experience* with languages.
>
> Now wait a minute. If you are taking "instincts" to mean, unlearned,
> natural responses, then by definition they can't be based on
> experience. If they were, they wouldn't be instincts, but acquired
> knowledge.
Then why do instincts differ?
*freely admits that she is getting out of her league, here*
--tQ
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