tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Aug 14 13:45:03 1997
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Re: bachHa'
- From: [email protected] (JEFF ZEITLIN)
- Subject: Re: bachHa'
- Date: Thu, 14 Aug 97 16:42:00 -0500
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T::>A book without Okrand's jokes is like a night without stars!
T::>The first entry in the word list in KGT (Klingon for the
::>Galactic Traveler) is, of course:
T::>bachHa' - err, make a mistake (n) (slang)
T::>Note that this is obviously not a noun. I'm convinced that he
::>made this mistake on purpose, given the definition. It sets the
::>tone for the degree of perfection we are to expect from this
::>work. He knows there will be errors, so why wait. Put one in the
::>first entry.
Not to mention the association between "bach" (pronounced
roughly "botch") and error (or rather, the negation of error)...
But I'm sure I'm not the first to notice this, so if it's yet
another redundant observation, please accept my apologies.
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Jeff Zeitlin
[email protected]
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