tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jan 13 20:58:06 1996
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Re: a purely random thought...
Oh well... I thought it was worth a shot anyway. That bit about "the ten
languages of the dagger was nteresting, though. You're right - quite an
evocative phrasiology. Well, thanks for your writing, and I hope it at
least entertained all you Klingons out there! Qapla!
> This doesn't quite work, for two reasons. First, you've got the order
> reversed. N1-N2 is translated "N2 of N1" or "N1's N2." Second, {maH}
> by itself isn't truly a number. It needs a "real" number tacked on in
> front of it -- ten is {wa'maH}. I interpret this phrase as being just
> three words, with no grammar holding them together. I can not get any
> reasonable meaning from it. If someone did convince me that {maH} can
> mean "ten" standing alone, then I'd translate it as "The ten languages
> of the dagger" or "The dagger's ten languages." This is a pretty good
> phrase, ripe with possibilities for exploration. (Okay, I'm trying to
> justify my messages on purpose. It's merely a way to limit my options
> for expression, and force myself to be creative. Not that I need more
> creativity, you understand.)
>
> -- ghunchu'wI' batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj
>
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>
Doug "The MAD Klingon" Pandimen
aka Sergeant D'Karng "tlhIngan-dogh" K'Zharn, IKV QOQ'IQ/IKC De'wI'Daw
c/o: Jacen "The Jedi Twin" Cantwell
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