tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jan 11 14:14:10 2000
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Re: Online Grammar Point
On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, William H. Martin wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Jan 2000 05:51:26 -0600 Daniel W Morse
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > betleH ghaj'a' yaS? Does the officer have a bat'leth?
> > betleH yan'a' puq? Does the child wield a bat'leth?
>
> Note that Federation spellings for {betleH} vary widely. Okrand
> lists {betleH} as "type of hand weapon" and avoids spelling it
> entirely, though for {betleH bey'} he spells it "Bat'telh".
> None of these spellings with the apostrophe between two "t"s can
> be pronounced as written. This is why, even when speaking
> English, I use {betleH}.
I believe I read somewhere that it's called a 'sword of honor'. In that
case perhaps the term {batlh'etlh} - honor sword, might be accurate?
It sounds plausible, at least.
Qapla'!
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