tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 10 14:58:55 1996

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RE: KLBC



December 09, 1996 1:14 PM, jatlh Donald E. Vick:

> > >English: Fire at will

> > Try, "bIbaHrupDI' yIbaH"?
> > 
> check out the word <ghuS>

{ghuS} means "be prepared to fire (a torpedo)," and doesn't really mean the 
same thing.  {yIghuS} would be a command to be *ready* to fire, but don't fire 
yet, while {bIbaHrupDI' yIbaH} says fire any time you are ready.

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SuStel
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