tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Dec 28 17:50:43 1997
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Is it logical?
- From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
- Subject: Is it logical?
- Date: Sun, 28 Dec 1997 19:49:18 -0600 (CST)
Looking through KGT today, I noticed a sentence in the entry for the slang
term {mo'} on p. 154:
A close standard equivalent is {meq} ("reason")--that is, "logical
thinking."
This is an expanded meaning for the noun {meq} "reason, motive." It seems
we now have a term for "logic" - which has been discussed from time to time
on this list. This will come in useful when discussing things Vulcan:
meq luvuv vulqanganpu'
The Vulcans respect Logic.
meqlIj yIQIj *SIpaq.
Spock, explain your logic.
If this connotation also applies to the homophonous verb {meq} "reason",
then we might be able to say:
meq vulqanganpu'
Vulcans are logical (or, "Vulcans think logically").
Some on the List have been using {meq} in this sense for some time. Now,
they can feel more confident. However, whether this is the term a
Klingon-speaking Vulcan would use for *c'thia* is anyone's guess.
Voragh