tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Nov 02 07:29:59 1999
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Re: KLBC: Undoubtedly continue to..
- From: Marc Ruehlaender <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: Undoubtedly continue to..
- Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 09:29:28 CST
jatlh ~mark:
> Well, the only "global -be'" that I know of (if I'm understanding you
> right) is {batlh bIHeghbe'} for "You will die without honor." I can see
> how that's annoying, but on the other hand I can see why it's necessary.
> Again, Klingon is not totally rule-bound. You apply the rules, but also
> you apply some intuition and common sense. There's a fine line to walk, of
> course, between bending the rules or faking it when they're insufficient,
> and ignoring them altogether or not trying hard enough to apply them.
>
The problem is, that it makes perfect sense (at least to me),
interpreted as "you will survive honourably". How am I
supposed to know, the speaker meant "batlhHa' bIHegh"?
Did Okrand write this "batlh bIHeghbe'" before he came up
with batlhHa'?
Marc Ruehlaender
aka HomDoq
[email protected]