tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Oct 13 14:26:16 1994
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Coining words
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Coining words
- Date: Thu, 13 Oct 94 17:25:56 EDT
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>; from "Susan Farmer" at Oct 13, 94 3:59 pm
For me, coining my own word in Klingon would be like winning at
Doom because I used codes to put myself in God mode. The whole
point of the puzzle for me is to explore the existing tools of
the language in order to state a thought closer to the core
meaning than the original English.
That's why I liked ~mark's "mother of invention" recasting so
much. What he said meant "Necessity is the mother of invention,"
better than "Necessity is the mother of invention."
I was really proud of {wanI'vam Daleghlaw' Dun law' vIt Dun
puS.} Something in me went "Ahhhhhh" once it was written. The
sentence was its own reward.
It won't gain me any form of immortality. So? I'm mortal.
That's the point. To be here now and do this well at this time,
that is my mission. Just another brick in the wall...
charghwI'