Re: KLBC: Two IFs on one THEN?

["William H. Martin" <whm2m@server1.mail.virginia.edu>]

On Sat, 30 Jan 1999 21:41:09 -0800 (PST) Alan Anderson 
<aranders@netusa1.net> wrote:

> ja' Voragh:
> >Here is the entire text of the card, of which the bit I quoted was an extract:
> >
> > T.N.G. EPISODES SERIES (3rd SEASON): CARD S13
> > (Published in HolQeD 4.3:5)
> >
> > tlhIngan qorDu' potlh   Klingon Family Values
> >
> > qorDu' lurDechmeyna' pab tlhInganpu'.  qorDu' SaHlu'chugh 'ej
> > matlhlu'chugh vaj wa' tlhIngan ghob potlhqu'.  tlhIngan qorDu'
> > pong potlh law' Hoch potlh puS.
> >
> > With strong family traditions, devotion and loyalty to family
> > is one of the most important Klingon virtues. Above all, the
> > Klingon family name is highly valued.
> >
> >You're right, it does seem as if the line should read {... vaj potlhqu' wa'
> >tlhIngan ghob}.
> 
> It would also work well as {...vaj wa' tlhIngan ghob potlhqu' tu'lu'}.

For that matter, it might be even clearer as ... vaj potlhqu' 
tlhIgan wa' ghob. That way, we'd know it was a Klingon's one 
ethic and not the eithics of one Klingon.
 
> -- ghunchu'wI'

charghwI' 'utlh