tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Dec 18 10:59:00 1996
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Re: Dr Okrand Speaks -- ben
- From: "Mark E. Shoulson" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Dr Okrand Speaks -- ben
- Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 13:58:57 -0500 (EST)
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]> (message fromQov on Tue, 17 Dec 1996 22:50:18 -0800)
>Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 22:50:18 -0800
>From: Qov <[email protected]>
>
>I think that <wa' Hu'> would, however, be acceptable. I had never noticed
>anyone using ben, nem, Hu' or leS without numbers until a few days ago, when
>I saw it in some (unposted) beginner Klingon. Now the rest of this
>beginner's sentence was targ droppings, but is there any reason, beyond the
>Klingon craving for accuracy, that she cannot say, <ben law' yIn qeylIS> or
><leS ghaytan paQDI'norgh vIlIjpu'>?
"ben law'" I've seen before, and we sort of hope about it. I tend to
regard it as a bit controversion. But just "ben" or "leS" is certainly
okay, and I've used them in conversation myself.
~mark