tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Apr 25 08:09:04 1996
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Re: {lab} and {lI'} (was Re: Memory trick)
According to [email protected]:
>
> In a message dated 96-04-24 20:41:52 EDT, ghunchu'wI' wrote:
>
> >{lab} is glossed as "transmit data (away from a place)" and
> >{lI'} is "transmit data (to a place)"; neither of them appears
> >to mean "receive data". If the meanings given in TKD are what
> >we should go by, I think {lab} would refer to broadcasting, and
> >{lI'} to point-to-point communication. I don't think that the
> >gloss in TKD is an error; it's consistent between sides of the
> >dictionary.
>
> Hmmm . . . I always thought {lab} was equivalent to "download," and {lI'}
> meant "upload." Looks like we've got something else for the wish list . . .
>
> SuStel
> Hovjaj 96316.2
Go back to ST3 and form your own mind. If you need to see it
transcribed, check earlier HolQeD issues. I wrote an article on
that a while back addressing this very point (among other
things).
charghwwI'
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reH lugh charghwI' net Sov.