tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat May 31 22:16:07 1997
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Re: Klingon for the Galactic Traveller
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Klingon for the Galactic Traveller
- Date: Sun, 1 Jun 1997 01:17:02 -0400 ()
- Priority: NORMAL
On Fri, 30 May 1997 12:39:19 -0700 (PDT) Robyn Stewart
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Voragh quoted Lawrence:
>
> |The book is entitled: KLINGON FOR THE GALACTIC TRAVELER.
...
> Is anyone else's anticipation of this book tinged with mild dread?
chaq lI'be'choH mu'tay'wIj. chaq lI'be'choH je Hol laHwIj. 'ej
Haj'a' vay' 'e' DaSIv'a'?
> Certainly it will contain some useful new words, and some amusing but
> useless ones. Probably it will answer a few long argued idiom
> questions, like "Where do you live" and how to give directions. This
> is good.
jItul.
> 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.
> 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. :)
jIbuDbe' 'ach chaq jIDoy'choH.
> vIje' vIneHba', 'ach loQ vIHaj.
jIH je.
> -Qov
charghwI'