tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Dec 08 11:16:22 1997
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Re: A *with* suffix?
>Date: Sat, 6 Dec 1997 09:25:07 -0800 (PST)
>From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
>
>ja' Qob:
>>I recall that Larry Niven used "spinward", "antispinward", "port" and
>>"starboard" for cardinal directions on the Ringworld...
>
>Niven has a knack for coming up with bits of really interesting detail but
>not quite carrying them through. These terms were "invented" on the fly by
>the group so they would have a way to refer to things among themselves, but
>coincidentally it appears that the "natives" used the same terminology.
ghobe'. mughwI' lo'bej "Louis Wu" jupDaj je. rurbogh lurghmey lo'law'
nganpu', 'a mumerbe' ngoDvam. "Arch" leghlaH Hoch, vaj "arch" tha'bogh
cha' lurghmey lo'ba', 'ej chuv cha' latlh. bIH mughmeH, "spinward,
antispinward, port, starboard" je lo' mughbogh jan.
tlhIngan Hol vIqelbe'mo', 'oH vIlo'qu'.
~mark