tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jun 06 08:00:38 1997
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Re: {mup} KLBC
>Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 07:38:53 -0700 (PDT)
>From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
>
>peHruS writes:
>>My feeling is that {mup} may be a glancing blow. Until I saw TKW regarding
>>hitting the target, I would have used {mup} for "impacting the target." Now,
>>I have seen that MO uses {qIp} here. I'm not sure how to use {mup}.
>
>Here's how *I* use them.
>
>{mup} "impact, strike, run into, come into sudden contact with..."
>There's not a lot of intent or volition implied.
>
>{qIp} "hit, beat, bang on, slap, punch, spank..."
>This is an intentional "attack" with a "weapon".
Hmm. This sounds not unlike the interpretation I use. My thoughts
focussed more on {mup} being direct contact and {qIp} using a tool, but the
results seem much the same.
~mark