tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Nov 16 11:29:22 1995

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Re: tlhIngan pongmey

On Thu, 16 Nov 1995, Garrett Michael Hayes wrote:

> On 16 Nov 95 at 10:14, d'Armond Speers wrote:
> 
> > > This sounds good to me.  However, there are probably a LOT of people 
> > > involved in things Klingon who are also computer types.  You might 
> > > want to pick something a bit more personal and less transitory.
> > 
> > When I came on this list late in 1992, I received some flack for choosing
> > "Holtej" as my name.  I countered with the observation that TKD lists
> > names for people that are also other words, like /Qugh/ and /matlh/. 
> > Then, there's the incontravertible /Qel/, which pretty much settles
> > things.  Also, it's not at all uncommon to choose names of professions as
> > personal names, such as "Porter", "Smith", and "Miller".  I think we've
> > done a decent job of disambiguating when we're referring to an individual,
> > ane when we're referring to a profession, on this list. 
> > 
> > --Holtej
> > 
> 
> My observation was not intended as "flack" or any other sort of
> criticism.  My own *tlhIngan pong* certainly translates as an
> "occupation" of sorts.  All I meant was that it seemed possibly a
> "quick" choice and that he might want to consider a bit further if he
> wanted that as a "permanent" name, or find something which might be
> more distinctive of him personally.  It is certainly not my place (or
> anyone's) to tell someone what a "proper" name is.

I can't really add all that much, since my ow *tlhIngan pong*
doesn't exactly translate as anything!!!

-- toDbaj
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