tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat May 02 10:26:56 1998
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Re: Correct me if I'm wrong but..
- From: Marc Ruehlaender <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Correct me if I'm wrong but..
- Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 12:26:48 CDT
- In-Reply-To: Your message of Fri, 01 May 1998 20:40:33 -0700
ja' charghwI':
> >Sentience is not a factor.
> >If it were, I strongly suspect Okrand would have used the word.
> >He can speak and write rather clearly, after all.
>
jang SuStel:
> I think it's entirely possible that he simply didn't consider the word, or
> considered it too general and imprecise for his purposes. I think the
> phrase he chose leaves too many questions, too.
>
actually, that's how I used to interpret it (before seeing all these
arguments): "capable of using language" is how Klingons _define_
sentience or whatever makes the difference.
It still means, we have to figure out, whether a noun describes
"beings capable of using language" or not. doesn't really matter,
whether this means they're sentient or SuD or whatever...
Marc Ruehlaender
aka HomDoq
[email protected]