tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Nov 06 07:11:02 1997
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Re: bIchuSchoHqu''a'
On Thu, 6 Nov 1997, Susan Farmer wrote:
> >ja' Joel Peter Anderson <[email protected]>:
> >> "Love is patient and is kind; love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag,
> >> is not proud, doesn't behave itself inappropriately, doesn't seek its
> >> own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; doesn't rejoice in
> >> unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things,
> >> believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things..."
> >
> >
> >On further reflection, if you absolutely must try to find a single noun
> >in the Klingon vocabulary to express the concept that is so wordily and
> >carefully explained in the above quote, I can think of one that fits it
> >quite well. Please don't dismiss it immediately; consider it fully and
> >try to see what you get if you substitute it for the word "love" above.
> >
> >The word is {batlh}.
> >
>
> IMHO an *excellect* suggestion.
Joel's two bit theory of why using the (possibly) wrong word is good:
If I'd used a word that no one took issue with, would we have had this
interesting discussion? Another reason I use "parmaq" in the quote is,
if-and-when anyone asks about it, it provides an opportunity to discuss
the history of par'Mach -> parmaq, the sources for tlhIngan Hol
vocabulary, the slow move of tlhIngan Hol from an idolect to language and
so forth.
YMMV
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