tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Dec 09 15:53:26 1996
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RE: KLBC: latlh vImug
- From: "HurghwI'" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: latlh vImug
- Date: Mon, 09 Dec 1996 17:56:10 -0600
At 08:06 PM 12/8/96 -0800, you wrote:
>I'm not comfortable listening to your psychotic banter. Leave me the hell
>alone.
nuqjatlh??
>On Sun, 8 Dec 1996, Alan Anderson wrote:
>
>> ja' HurghwI':
>> >chab ngevbogh loD qIH "Simon" nap.
>> >"Simple Simon met a pieman."
>>
>> I'm not comfortable with {nap} for this meaning of "simple" -- I tend
>> to think of it as meaning "uncomplicated", not "unlearned" or "lowly".
>> It loses the alliteration as well; a less direct translation would be
>> somewhat more in keeping with the flavor of the original. I also think
>> the word {Suy} would be useful here:
>>
>> {chab Suy qIH "Simon" Soy'}.
I, too, like this better. I wansn't trying to go for alliteration when I
first wrote it.
-HurghwI'
Hovjaj 96941.8