tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jul 22 13:32:44 1997
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magh betrays ambiguity
- From: Guido <[email protected]>
- Subject: magh betrays ambiguity
- Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 16:32:34 -0400 (EDT)
Qob la'vo':
>Possibly. I see the "reveal" aspect of {magh} as "revealing something
>that one wouldn't normally want revealed". The sadness which her eyes
>"betrayed" or "revealed" is not something she *wanted* others to see;
>someone or something (in this case, perhaps her subconscious mind)
>caused that hidden thing to be visible. YMMV.
That must be the most logical reason for it, I suppose. But logically,
wouldn't betraying sadness produce the look of happiness? This is why I
think this kind of idiom bleeding into Klingon is unlikely. Just a point.
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