tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Oct 24 21:03:22 1996
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Kordite's Metal Things
- From: [email protected] (Bill Willmerdinger)
- Subject: Kordite's Metal Things
- Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 22:33:05
> From: "la'Hom qorDayt" <ur-valhalla!clpgh.org!geiselmank>
> I have a small business I call Kordite's Metal Things. I cast pins and
> weapons in aluminum. Anyway, I want to say it in tlhIngan Hol.
> My first thought was:
> qorDayt Dochmey baS
Looking at it, I'm not sure if it works... "Kordite's things' metal" or "the
metal of the things of Kordite" would be the expansions of the noun-noun-noun
construction. If {baS] were a verb "be metal" I wouldn't have a problem with
{qorDayt Dochmey baS}, but {baS} is a noun.... Maybe {qorDayt baS Dochmey}?
"The things of the metal of Kordite"?
I suppose you could concoct your own compound noun and say {baSDochmey}, but I
don't like that at all.
> If it had to be a sentance, I'm looking at:
> baS bIH qorDayt Dochmey'e'
As a descriptive sentence I prefer to avoid the pronoun-as-verb constructions
(if I can). Perhaps {DochmeyDaj chenmoHmeH, baS lo' qorDayt}. (Hmmm... how
would you describe aluminum? It's a "soft" metal, isn't it?)
> What do you think? I prefer qorDayt Dochmey baS on a business card,
> it's shorter and, since it's a name, everyone should be able to figure
> it out. Especially since it will be in english at the top of the card.
I understand it, but.... Still, look at *my* monstrosity of a .sig!
reH jaghpu'Daj jeyjaj *ruv Hurgh*!
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