tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Mar 08 03:43:03 1994
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Phone message
>From: [email protected]
>Date: Mon, 7 Mar 94 11:39:02 -0800
>This is my first attempt at posting from my Fido address, let's
>see if it works.
>A while ago I came up with an answering machine message for
>someone...
Hey, looks pretty cool!
>tlhIngan veSDuj bortaS DaSIchpu' - You have reached the Klingon
>warship Bortas.
Maybe DaQum?
>rI'lIj wIjanglaHbe' - We are unable to answer your hail.
Um, I don't have "rI'" as a noun. Are we accepting implicit
nomilalizations? I'm still fuzzy on it.
>chuSdaq ponglIj rI'Se'lIj je junobchugh, vaj pIrI' - If you give us
>your name and hailing frequency at the sound, we will hail you.
"chuS" is also a verb. I'm also not sure about "-Daq" here; our evidence
points to "-Daq" as being spatial, not temporal. Maybe "ghum DaQoyDI'..."?
>Amy
>... bItuHpa' bIHeghjaj
>--- Blue Wave/Max v2.12
~mark