tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Oct 24 10:15:18 1998
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Re: drillmusciangroup
William H. Martin wrote:
> This is not you, but it is also not just my imagination. I'm
> sorry that I generalized that you might be like these others who
> have come and gone, staying just long enough to be annoying and
> then going away forever.
qay'be'. jIyaj. The archives show that many people have come and gone in the last 5 years.
> I mistakenly thought you were getting snagged on a detail and
> you were on the verge of getting stubborn about it.
Someday, when I can have an entire conversation about grammar using tlhIngan Hol, I may
choose to be stubborn. SuvmeH betleH vIlo'laHpa' betleH vI'uch 'e' vIghojnIS. That's
supposed to be (I must learn to hold a betleH before I can use it to fight). At this stage
in my study, I can't afford to get stubborn with someone who predates the archives. :)
> It is not
> that I dislike stubbornness. It is often refreshing. But some
> issues don't deserve stubbornness, though some are willing to
> spend that currency like a gambling fool.
>
> > I'm no where near
> > the skill level that you are.
>
> Thank you. You have no idea how intimidating it is to have
> teenagers pop up and say, "Hi. I got TKD last week and I've been
> lurking on this list for the past two hours. Here's my
> translation of Moby Dick." And it turns out to be a GOOD
> translation.
LOL! Not to long ago I thought to myself, "Everyone starts at the beginning, even Qov, so
I'm gonna go into the archives, find her first post, and compare it to mine. I bet they
look nearly the same." *blaaahhhhhhhhh* I still can't match her first post. Much less ask
if I need to spit more when I talk. :)
> This is an exaggeration, but we have had some downright
> startlingly talented people here, like Qov and ghuyDo' wa' who
> are simultaneously refreshing and intimidating. I have less
> talent than diligence by comparison, though there is a spark in
> terms of my ability to occasionally turn a good phrase.
Diligence is my only hope but it's also all I need. I may be learning slow but I'm learning
well. So someday, way way in the future, when Holtej picks me for the BG job, I'll be ready.
:)
> You will be good at this. Have no doubt.
jIQuchmoH mu'meylIj.
> Also, this is not a competition. It is a cooperation.
> Communication is not something one can do well. It takes at
> least two, preferably more. It may be a somewhat aggressive
> cooperation, but it is a cooperation all the same.
And this list is the best place to do it.
> > I know that and I trust everything you say because I
> > know one learns a lot from experience. So if you tell me don't do it I'm not going to
> > because I realize that in a few years, or however long it takes, I'll see that you're
> > right. I think I am learning to express normal things well. I know I'm trying very
> > hard to learn tlhIngan Hol right.
>
> You will succeed.
:)
> > > If you were there already, this
> > > discussion would probably not now be in English.
> >
> > Ouch. :(
>
> Be patient. It is only a matter of time.
It is the fact that drives me.
K'ryntes
P.S. pagh, was my betleH sentence right? I got the 'e' and the meH in there. :)