tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jun 30 18:58:26 1998
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Re: KLBC - pach puqloD
ja'pu' Qov:
>Also remember that ghItlh refers to the physical act of making marks
>and qon to the mental effort of composing. I'd say {bIghItlhchu'} if
>you made no typos and {bIqonchu'} if you made no grammatical errors.
ja' SuStel:
>I don't think it works quite like that. {qon} certainly does work where we
>say "compose," but its literal meaning is still "record." To me,
>{bIqonchu'} means you copied something flawlessly, whether it be a normal
>item, or from that nebulous place from which songs come. If you make a
>grammatical error in *songwriting* or *storytelling* (but not in just any
>written composition), {bIqonchu'} may work, and flawed songs (including
>those with grammatical errors) might exist in that place of songs, and may
>be recorded.
Qov qech vIparHa' jIH. mu' ghItlhlu'meH, qech qonnISlu'.
I've got to agree with Qov here. It's the *idea* that's being recorded in
words here. {qonchu'} says to me that the idea was rendered accurately.
-- ghunchu'wI'