tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon May 22 09:49:52 1995
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Re: coffee
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: coffee
- Date: Mon, 22 May 95 12:49:49 EDT
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>; from "David E G Sturm" at May 22, 95 12:25 pm
According to David E G Sturm:
>
...
> I completely agree with MS's point to the degree, this is why I strongly
> suggest that a Klingon on seeing cream in the coffee would call it "white
> coffee": >qa'vIn chIS<... If a Klingon were to *describe* cream, he
> would probably call it "thing that makes coffee white": >qa'vInchISmoHwI'<
> Not only must one address the hindsight problem; but the "context" must
> be included too.
>
> Dave.
So what about qa'vIn wov? I keep hearing Southern Belles
saying, "I like my coffee light, with shugga." Also, for the
record, is the word {qa'vIn} or {qav'In}? I've lost track,
since I've seen it spelled both ways.
charghwI'
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