tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Nov 30 19:15:26 1997
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Re: Translating
- From: TPO <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Translating
- Date: Sun, 30 Nov 1997 22:15:26 -0500
At 12:26 11/28/97 -0800, you wrote:
>ja' peHruS:
>>I am not trying to convert Klingons to a Terran belief pattern.
>>'ach *yID* jIH je
>
>I'm not advocating that we actually *use* this borrowed word, of course;
>it's basically an inside joke along the lines of "Paramount Hol". But if
>you *are* going to put it in your sentences, at least do it correctly. :-)
>You have either treated it as a noun or left off a verb prefix.
>
>[The non-word {*yID} was used as a verb by Captain Krankor, in the sentence
>{DaH jIyID}, after he received a yarmulke as a gift and had placed it on his
>head.]
>
>-- ghunchu'wI'
I inquired about this a while back and was told that it was a noun.
??
We all know it isn't canon, but, like you said:
>But if you *are* going to put it in your sentences, at least
>do it correctly. :-)
DloraH