tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Aug 12 21:20:18 1999
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Re: KLBC: Flagship
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: Flagship
- Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 21:05:23 -0400
From: Andeen, Eric <[email protected]>
>jatlh Angela:
>
>> How would you designate a flagship? Would it be sufficient
>> to use 'ejDo''a or can I form it as a compound noun,
>> joqwI''ejDo' ?
>
>Neither is a very good idea for "flagship". <'ejDo''a'> is a starship that
>is significantly larger, more advanced, more powerful, better designed, or
>just all around cooler than the average starship. Since a flagship is often
>one of a number of nearly identical ships (maybe with a little spiffier
>paint job), <'ejDo''a'> does not describe it very well.
It could also mean a starship which is more important than other starships,
which is certainly true of a flagship, from a command point of view. I'm
not saying that {'ejDo''a'} = "flagship," but it could be used that way.
SuStel
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