tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Nov 18 06:34:07 1998
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Re: RE: jichu' thlIngan Hol
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: RE: jichu' thlIngan Hol
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 09:32:43 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
- Priority: NORMAL
On Tue, 17 Nov 1998 14:56:23 -0800 (PST) Steven Boozer
<[email protected]> wrote:
> : On this list, we generally use abbreviations to refer to the reference
> : materials, and we have a set of Klingon translations of the names we
> : generally agree on. The translations generally include the word <Hol> -
> : <tlhIngan> by itself can only refer to a Klingon person, not the language.
> : Here's the list:
> : [snip]
> : Conversational Klingon (CK)
> : ja'chuqmeH tlhIngan Hol (this one is just mine)
> :
> : Power Klingon (PK)
> : HoS tlhIngan Hol (also just mine)
>
> Personally, I've always called this tape <HoSghajmeH tlhIngan Hol>. It
> parallels <ja'chuqmeH tlhIngan Hol> - which is my name for CK too - and is a
> reminder of the Klingon proverb:
How about:
Power Klingon
DuHoSghajmoHmeH tlhIngan mu'mey
or
HoSghajbogh tlhIngan mu'mey
[I don't use {Hol} because I'm not referring to the whole
language. The idea here is that the author is selecting the
words which are most powerful.]
Conversational Klingon
tlhIngan Hol motlh
> vay' bIghIjlaHchugh bIHoSghaj
> Fear is power. (TKW p. 109)
>
> : pagh
> : Beginners' Grammarian
>
>
> _________________________________________________________________________
> Voragh "Grammatici certant et adhuc sub judice
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons lis est." Horace (Ars Poetica)
charghwI' 'utlh