tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Dec 10 07:16:06 1997
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Re: so-called Romulan ale
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: so-called Romulan ale
- Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 10:15:35 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
- Priority: NORMAL
Would it work as well with:
romuluSHey HIq?
It seems that the "so-called" -qoq doesn't serve here as well as
the "apparent" -Hey, since one assumes this Morskan ale looked
like Romulan ale.
charghwI'
On Mon, 1 Dec 1997 18:51:47 -0800 (PST) "Mark E. Shoulson"
<[email protected]> wrote:
> >Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 04:09:17 -0800 (PST)
> >From: "Anthony.Appleyard" <[email protected]>
> >
> > If some meat is sold as {Qa'} and it actually is {Sargh}, then it is
> >{Qa'qoq}. No query here.
> > But when in matter about the 1914-1918 war I read of "the so-called Spanish
> >Flu, which actually was first detected in the USA", a query arose. If some ale
> >is sold as Romulan ale but it actually comes from Morska, then it is
> >"so-called Romulan ale"; but in Klingon where does the -qoq go?
> > Try {romuluS HIqqoq}; despite its origin it at least is not HIqqoq but HIq:
> >genuine ale, not "so-called ale".
> > Try {romuluSqoq HIq}; "ale from so-called Romulus"; this seems to say that I
> >do not recognize the State of Romulus, which is not my intended meaning.
> > Try more wordily {romulIuSvo' qenglu'boghqoq HIq'e'}; "ale which was
> >so-called-carried from Romulus"; but I can't use -qoq on verbs.
>
>
> I'd go for "romuluS HIqqoq", relying on context to treat "romuluS HIq" as a
> single lexical item. Klingon isn't Lojban; I don't need unambiguious
> scoping.
>
> ~mark