tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jul 04 15:40:19 1997
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Re: Analysis of new Skybox cards
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Analysis of new Skybox cards
- Date: Fri, 4 Jul 97 22:39:02 UT
[email protected] on behalf of Qov wrote:
> lab Qob:
> & {beyHom bey bey'a' jachtaH latlh tlhInganpu'.}
> & "The other Klingons cry out small howls, howls, great howls."
> &
> & This is mega-weird. If I didn't have the English text of the card
> & I'd be completely lost. This is apparently how you express a series
> & of events through time...?????? I can see how he's thinking
> & "crescendo" here, but I'm not sure how I'd do this with other nouns.
> & There ought to be a {je} on that list, oughtn't there?
>
> Sure, just as there ought to be an 'and' in the English. Writing
> in any language often breaks the rules, and if it's clear, the writer
> gets away with it. This is just the sort of thing I do that incites
> SuStel's carful criticism. (Qov waves at SuStel. "ghIchDaq qamup
> 'e' vIHech 'ach 'oy'naQ vIlo'be'.")
*sigh* tlhIngan Hol'e' qelnIStaH Qov. jIH muqeltaH 'e' mevnIS.
muyajHa'chu'taH.
In fact, I absolutely *love* this formation. As a musician myself, I thought
this was a wonderful way to describe a crescendo. A {je} would spoil some of
the fun.
--
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
Stardate 97508.4