tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Sep 25 11:35:35 1994

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Re: KLBC: A suggestion for 'inside'



According to Mark E. Shoulson:
> 
> >From: [email protected] (George Aaron Broadwell)
> 
> >Some recent posts have pointed out the lack of an obvious word for 'inside' 
> >in thlIgan Hol...
> 
> >veQDuj chorDaq
> 
> >[Analysis: veQ-Duj               chor-Daq
> >	     garbage-ship        belly-locative (5)]
> 
> 
> or "burgh", I suppose?  

I like that less because it is a word more possibly associated
with the organ instead of the location.

> Um, I don't really like it.  It's an awfully
> language-specific and idiomatic...
> I could see Okrand
> okaying one particular one of these, say, but somehow I'd expect him to
> give us another word or something.
> 
> ~mark

Well, since experts disagree, this seems to be something to add
to the list of stuff to talk to Okrand about. It would be nice
if the one talking with Orand could try to offer this with a
minimum of agenda for a specific solution or avoidance of a
specific solution.

charghwI'



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