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Re: Fantasy Story



  Very well,
 My apologies to you and any others who had a proplem with it and my
thanks to all of those of you who responded favorably to me.
Mike

On Wed, 28 Jun 00 08:43:23 EST Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
writes:
> jIja'pu':
> >You're discussing non-Klingon-language stories on a Klingon 
> language
> >mailing list.  Stop it, please.
> 
> ja' Michael G Tucker <[email protected]>
> >  Actually, this post DID concern a Klingon story...
> 
> bIlugh, 'ach ghomvam 'oHbe' tlhIngan lut Daq'e'.  
> naDev tlhIngan Hol'e' wIqel.
> 
> The issue here is that you're neither discussing nor using the 
> Klingon
> *language*.  Stories about Klingons are appropriate on this mailing
> list only if they're written in Klingon or if they explore a part of
> the language.
> 
> >and I was only
> >answering a question put to me. I have not posted an off-topic 
> letter
> >before and many others have. 
> 
> tlhIngan Hol qelbe'bej QIn tlheghvam taghpu'bogh jabbI'IDlIj.
> 
> The post from you which began this thread was definitely more 
> off-topic than the one in which you answered the question about 
> whether your story involved Klingon.
> 
> >I felt that this one was harmless enough. A
> >simple, SINGLE request and nothing more.  It would be much simpler 
> and
> >less time comsumimg if you would simply utilize your delete button 
> if
> >there is a post which doesn't interest you. That is what I do.t
> 
> toH, ram wa' ghIlab ghew, qar'a'?  'ach bIle' 'e' DaHarDI', QobchoH
> ghu'.  tugh le'law'wI' law' HoS motlhwI' law' puj.  vaj chuS neH 
> ghomvam, 'ej tlhIngan Hol jatlhwI'pu'vaD lI'be'choH.  DIvI' Hol 
> DajatlhtaHvIS tlhInganpu' Daqel DaneHchugh, latlh Daq yISam.
> 
> The attitude that "one off-topic exception won't hurt" leads to many 
> 
> off-topic exceptions, and soon it's the *on-topic* posts that are 
> the 
> exception.  The rules for this mailing list are simple:  if it's not 
> 
> in or about Klingon, it doesn't belong here.
> 
> >At least
> >everyone can read my post. I am much more put off by those who only 
> post
> >in Klingon with no english translation. 
> 
> wejpuH.  tlhIngan Hol neH vIlo'chugh, tlhIngan Hol yajwI'pu'vaD 
> vIqon. 
> tlhIngan Hol QIn vIqonmeH motlh jImughta'be'.  jImugh net qapDI', 
> cha'logh jIvumnIS.  
> 
> My messages written in Klingon only are intended for those who can
> understand them.  Most of the time when I'm writing in Klingon, I'm
> *thinking* in Klingon.  I don't have an English translation in mind. 
> 
> Insisting that I provide one means forcing me to work at least twice 
> 
> as hard to say what I want.  I'm not here as a full-time teacher, so 
> 
> unless I think what I have to say is very important, I'm not going 
> to
> expend effort to make it easier for people to understand me without 
> having to work at it themselves.
> 
> >This is supposed to be a learning
> >list for EVERYONE and I consider english translations to only be 
> common
> >courtesy.
> 
> bIghoj DaneHchugh, bIvumnIS SoH.  DIvI' Hol nopchugh vay', 
> Dochbejbe'.
> So''eghmeH tIchtaHvIS mughQo'chugh bIjlu' 'e' baj, 'ach jatlhchugh 
> neH, qay'be'.
> 
> If you want to learn, *you* should be willing to put forth the 
> effort.
> It's not rude to post in only Klingon.  Someone who takes advantage 
> of
> not being understood in order to mock another is acting badly, but 
> you
> shouldn't have a problem with people just chatting in Klingon.
> 
> 'ach qatlho'.  qep'a'Daq qaS <bep pabpInpu'> wanI'.  DaH bepwI'
> SoQHom vImuchlaH.
> 
> Thanks -- I now have something to bring to the "grammarian's 
> grumbles"
> discussion at qep'a'. :-)
> 
> >Mike
> >loghDaq Suvrupbogh Suvwi'pu' chah Hoch SuvwI'pu''e'
> >(In space, all warriors are cold warriors.)
> 
> [Watch your capitalization -- {SuvwI'pu' chaH}.]
> 
> -- ghunchu'wI' 'utlh
> 

loghDaq Suvrupbogh Suvwi'pu' chah Hoch SuvwI'pu''e'
(In space, all warriors are cold warriors.)


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