tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Mar 02 01:29:16 2000
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Re: KLIC - My thesis project
- From: "David Yeung" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLIC - My thesis project
- Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 04:36:04 -0500
>Jeremy Silver:
>>*oars*vaD mu' QaQ 'oHlaw' {vo'wI'mey}'e' 'ach *oars* bIHbe' *helicopter*
>>"'etlhmey"'e'
Duj luDelchu'bogh mu'mey'e' ghajmo' tlhIngan Hol mu'tay',
vaj "oar" mu' vInej. "wing" mu' vIlIj.
= Because Klingon vocabulary has words to describe a ship,
I looked for the word "oar". I forgot about "wing".
'ach "Duj" mu' jatlhtaHvIS tlhIngan, logh Duj bIQ'a' Duj
joq DellaH.
= But when a Klingon says "ship", he could be describing
either a spacecraft or a sea vessel.
DujHoD:
>'etlh bIH je.
>Nor are they "blades," at least in the Klingon sense of the word {'etlh}.
"'etlh bIH*be'* je" DaHech, qar'a'?
= You mean they are -not- blades.
jej'a'? pe'laH'a'? vaj tlhIngan SuvwI'vaD 'etlh 'oH.
jIqID, bIlughbej. mu' "tel" vIlIj neH.
= It is sharp? Can it cut? Then, to a Klingon warrior, it is
a blade. I'm joking, of course you are correct. I had
just forgotten the word <tel> "wing".
'ach *helicopter* bejchugh tlhIngan lut qonwI',
chaq telmeyvamvaD "jIrbogh betleHmey" pong.
= But a Klingon poet, if he ever saw a helicopter,
might call these wings "spinning bat'leths". =)
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De'vID