tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Jun 01 15:13:52 1997
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Re: Klingon for the Galactic Traveller
ja' Qov:
>Is anyone else's anticipation of this book tinged with mild dread?
pe'vIl paqvam vIloS 'ach 'oH vIHajbe'bej. Holmaj 'oghwI' vIvuv 'ej vIvoq.
Hoch De' muchbogh vIlajrupchu'.
'ach HIyajHa'be': chIch nuquvHa'chugh "Okrand", HolDaj vIwoDqang.
I admit to a certain level of curious anticipation, but "dread"? No.
I still respect and trust Marc Okrand. I am completely prepared to
accept whatever we can learn from him. Note however that I reserve
the right to eat my words if he does something dishonorable with the
language.
>I'm not sure what I'm apprehensive of. A flood of new people on the
>listeserver will drive some (probably including me) away with the
>volume, but it will subside and leave us with a few more speakers.
qaSchugh, bImejqa'chugh, ghom cha'DIch wIchernISlaw'.
>There are bound to be interesting idioms that will
>set us all arguing over whether what we used before was wrong,
>the new one is an alternative or Marc made a mistake. Maybe I'm just
>lazy and I don't want to learn all the new stuff. :)
toH, narghDI' mu'mey chu', taH jInmolHeylIj.
>vIje' vIneHba', 'ach loQ vIHaj.
vIje'bejqu'. vIHajbe'. jIQuchtaHvIS jIloS.
-- ghunchu'wI'