tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jan 11 17:22:39 1997
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Re: Sorta new
- From: Thornton Rose <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Sorta new
- Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 19:10:20 -0600
>>Greetings!
>>
>> {pe'...}
>>
>>Also, I would like to ask some questions:
>>
>>1. What would be the Klingon way to answer the phone? Just say "nuqneH"?
>>
>>2. What is the Klingon equivalent to "End Transmission" at the end
>>of a message or communique?
>>
>
>In a story I wrote, I used {naDev jatlh <pong>} '<name> is speaking here,'
>when someone answered the phone, to indicate who was on the line and that he
>was ready to talk (an exact parallel to the Russian usage: "zdyes' govorit
>Ivan"). For goodbye, I used {pItlh. DaH vIchu'Ha'.} 'Done. I'm deactivating
>(the phone) now.'
>
>It's not canon, but it works for me.
I like this. However, I think that I should have phrased my question
differently. I want to create an end-of-transmission screem, like the ones
that we see all the time on the Star Trek shows, and want to put tlhIngan
Hol on it. Perhaps I could use <rin jabbI'ID>?
-- Thornton