tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Nov 22 12:07:06 1999
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Re: *Egypt* Hol navmey
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- Subject: Re: *Egypt* Hol navmey
- Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 15:06:18 EST
vIjatlh:
>{bep} means "complain, object, gripe." I only meant "object."
> I didn't mean
>to imply that you were whining for no reason. (For that, I might have used
>{vIng} :-) )
jang ghunchu'wI':
>You can't just pick one of the words given in the English description
>as the one you mean. When you use the Klingon word {bep}, you've got
>to expect people to understand it as "complain, object, gripe".
>You did imply that he was complaining. Maybe you thought he had a
>reason, maybe not.
jIyaj. mu' nIv yIchup.
>But the way *I* read it, he was making a simple
>comment, not an objection.
DaH jIQoch. My (English) dictionary says that to object is "to present a
dissenting or opposing argument." I assert that SuStel was:
1) presenting an argument
2) dissenting ("differing in opinion or feeling")
3) opposing ("to be in contention or conflict with")
- DujHoD