tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Oct 28 03:58:35 1997
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Re: Romulan Empire: part one
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Romulan Empire: part one
- Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 06:58:37 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
- Priority: NORMAL
tugh taHqa' lutvam.
charghwI'
On Mon, 27 Oct 1997 08:28:46 -0800 (PST) Terrence Donnelly
<[email protected]> wrote:
> 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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