tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon May 13 15:57:40 1996

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Re: pong



In a message dated 96-05-13 05:21:25 EDT, Ford Prefect wrote:

>"There are some who call me ... Tim"
>
>"jIHvaD pongvam mulo'bogh vay'pu''e' tu'lu'taH ... tIm"
>
>Is this really right? I tried to translate "There are some people who use
>this name for me ... Tim".

Perhaps you should recast this entirely.  How about something like {pongwIj
'oHlaw' . . . tIm}?  Or better yet, to catch {jan tlhIS} (pongHom tlhaQ 'oH
neH pongvam'e') performance in the words, one could say {pongna'wIj 'oHlaw' .
. . tIm}.

SuStel
Hovjaj 96366.6


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