tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 09 08:58:10 1995
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Re: nuqneH
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: nuqneH
- Date: Mon, 9 Jan 95 11:58:07 EST
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>; from "ADM::RSORENSEN"@tiny.computing.csbsju.edu" at Jan 6, 95 9:42 am
According to ADM::RSORENSEN"@tiny.computing.csbsju.edu:
>
> William H. Martin
>
> > > SoneSHa'wI' jatlh
> >
> > nuqjatlh? //SoneSHa'wI'// vIyajbe'.
>
> I was trying for "A lurker speaks" with this - lurker being 'one who
> hides dishonorably'. It's a stretch.
Well, "hide" is {So'}, not {So}, and {-neS} indicates honor to
the person being addressed, not to the person speaking, so
essentially, {-neSHa'} is a serious insult. A simple
{So''eghwI'} would have done.
> Roger Sorensen "...and so it goes."
charghwI'
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- Re: nuqneH
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