tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Nov 22 12:12:58 1999
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RE: *Egypt* Hol navmey
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: *Egypt* Hol navmey
- Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 13:13:27 -0700
jatlh DujHoD:
>>> {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.
Qoch.
>> 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")
Again, <Qoch> fills in nicely here for 2 and 3. The "presenting an argument"
part should be fairly obvious from the fact that you quoted the argument.
pagh
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