tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jan 07 06:30:18 1999
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Re: Problem Words
On Wed, 6 Jan 1999 19:20:33 -0800 (PST) Alan Anderson
<[email protected]> wrote:
> ja' charghwI':
> >Or the way we now misuse "analog" (a noun) as an adjective to
> >mean anything that is not digital. An analog watch, for example
> >is not analog. There are no levels of anything which are acting
> >as an analog for anything else. Hands are moving and pointing.
> >That is not an analog. It is just an inaccurate retronym.
>
> bIlughbe'.
>
> QIb lo'bogh tlhaq lutlh rurbej yevDaq tlhaq tuQlu'bogh.
<<yebDaq>> DaHech, qar'a'?
> tlhetlhtaHvIS pem vIHbogh QIb Da tlhaqna' rep tIH.
loQ bIqar, 'ach QIb Do rur rep tIH bID Do 'ej DunluQ neH rap
lurgh.
> qatlh chen "clockwise" lurgh?
> "northern hemisphere"-Daq QIbtlhaq Da.
Daj.
> -- ghunchu'wI'
charghwI' 'utlh