tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Oct 27 08:18:12 1997
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Re: Romulan Empire: part one
- From: Terrence Donnelly <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Romulan Empire: part one
- Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 10:13:15 -0600
At 09:55 PM 10/26/97 -0800, peHruS wrote:
>In a message dated 97-10-23 14:52:38 EDT, you write:
>
><< I would prefer {taH lut} "the story will continue" as clearer. We don't
> >know what Klingons say, but they would understand this.
> > >>
>
>I am replying to a post by Terrence Donnelly, with Qov somewhere in the
>discussion:
>
>In my story of yargh the waiter I used {taHbej lut}. I might replace {lut}
>if something else were to be continued.
>
You left out my alternative, which was {wej rIn lut}. In thinking more
about it, I've decided the only difference is that your way might be
ambiguous. In reading a journal or newspaper, for example, if you were
told, "The story continues", you might think that they mean it continues
in that same issue. You'd go looking for the continuation, not find
it, get mad, and use your disruptor on it.
On the other hand, {wej rIn lut} might be considered a short form of
the phrase {DaH rIn lut 'ay'vam, 'ach wej rIn lut naQ}. If you knew
that this section of the story was finished in this issue, then
you wouldn't go looking for it, you wouldn't get mad, and you wouldn't
have to buy another copy of the magazine.
Just a little nit-picking for a rainy Monday.
-- ter'eS
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