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RE: KLBC: De'wI' mu'mey

jatlh ter'eS:

> >Hmm, how do you say LAN and WAN in Klingon.  ;)
> >
> 
> I've been using the following:
> 
> /De'wI'tay/  network
> /De'wI'tay Sum/  LAN
> /De'wI'tay Hop/  WAN

As noun compounds, these are incorrect.  {tay} means "ceremony, rite" when it 
is a noun, so these literally means "computer-ceremony," "near 
computer-ceremony," and "far computer-ceremony."

There is one noun which I know of which *appears* to be a compound of a noun 
and the *verb* which you're looking for, {tay'} "be together."  That noun is 
{Hovtay'} "star system."  (There may be others.)  However, we are not allowed 
to create compounds using verbs, or even {chuvmey}.  Only nouns.

If you were to stick with your ideas above, you'd have to call them {De'wI' 
tay'} "computers which are together," {Sumbogh De'wI' tay'} or {tay'bogh 
De'wI' Sum} "near computers which are together," and {Hopbogh De'wI' tay'} or 
{tay'bogh De'wI" Hop} "far computers which are together."  I think you'll 
agree that these don't seem to accurately describe networks.

> Now, how you you say "client/server"?

There's been talk about this before, and I remember one viewpoint stressing 
that Klingons probably wouldn't have such a relationship; they'd say something 
more like "master/slave."  Who knows?  I doubt that Klingons ever had Mac/PC 
wars either.

-- 
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
Stardate 97199.1

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