tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jan 15 08:11:55 1997
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Re: KLBC: Vulqan Hol
- From: Ivan A Derzhanski <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: Vulqan Hol
- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 18:10:27 -0800
- Organization: Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science
- References: <[email protected]>
DIEGO DE MIGUEL LERIA wrote:
> *http://www.ludwig.ucl.ac.uk/st/StarTrek/Vulcan/Vulcan.html*-Daq
> vulqan Hol jabbI'ID Daq vItu'pu' 'ej Daj[...]
> 'ach tlhIngan Hol Hachlaw' law' vulqan Hol Hachlaw' puS
Hachbe'bej vulqangan Holvetlh. 'ach qay'be' ngoDvam neH. tlhIngan Hol
wIHaDbogh 'oghta' Holtejna'. _tKD_Daq pab mu'mey je Dellu'DI', law'qu'
Qaghmey taQ, 'ach Holna' 'oH tlhIngan Hol'e'. vulqangan Hol 'oghbogh
ghot'e' vISovbe', 'ach Holmey HolQeD je yajbe'bej ghaH net tlhojchu'.
My favourite line is the one about Vulcan using a `pentagonal' (that is,
quintal, base-5) number system. It reminds me of the joke where two
fellows argue whether having three wives is bigotry or trigonometry.
--'Iwvan
--
"mIw'e' lo'lu'ta'bogh batlh tlhIHvaD vIlIH [...]
poH vIghajchugh neH jIH, yab boghajchugh neH tlhIH"
(Lewis Carroll, "_Snark_ wamlu'")
Ivan A Derzhanski <[email protected], [email protected]>
Dept for Math Lx, Inst for Maths & CompSci, Bulg Acad of Sciences
Home: cplx Iztok bl 91, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria