tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Apr 02 10:41:48 1996
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Re: the casual use of {nuqneH}
>From the keyboard of Alan Anderson
> Joe Steger writes:
> >> I note a disturbing trend here -- three different people have posted new
> >> messages with the subject "nuqneH" in the past few days...
> >Would you prefer "HI'Ij" ?
> Definitely not as a subject line! That's as bad as {nuqneH}; it doesn't
> describe the note at all. As a preface to a note, I don't mind the idea.
Sorry, I should have been more clear. I didn't mean it as a Subject,
but as a preface only. The Subject should/must always be more descriptive.
> Of course, I also dislike this use of the prefix {HI-}, and in this case
> I think it's even less appropriate than something like {HInob}. {'Ij}
> is given as "listen", not "listen to", so it doesn't sound right to me
> with any object at all.
That bothered me as I was writing my response. I wanted to say "Listen
up!" but that was too idiomatic, so I thought "Listen to me!" but couldn't
quite get that, either. Thinking in English and then trying to write
tlhIngan Hol is _not_ easy! But, thinking in tlhIngan Hol still doesn't
happen. :-(
> If you simply *have* to say something like this
> before you really start your message, I like {HIbuS} or {peqIm} better.
"peqIm" is perfect! Actually just starting your message is perfect,
but peqIm comes in a close second.
Thanks for your help,
qu'
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. qu' = Joe Steger ([email protected]) .
. "I see nothing! I hear nothing! I know nothing!" -- Hans Schultz .
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