tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Mar 04 23:24:36 2000
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Re: KLIC - My thesis project
ja' charghwI':
>jIrlaHbogh telmey vIpongbe'. jIrnISbogh telmey vIpong.
>jIrbe'chugh pum Duj.
>= I don't call them wings which can rotate. I call them
>wings that must rotate. If they don't rotate, the ship
>falls.
teHnISbe' ngoDHeyvam. muDDaq nom vIHtaHchugh Duj, puvlaHqu'.
Saq 'e' nIDchugh, ghaytan SaqHa', 'ach pumnISbe'.
= Not necessarily. A helicopter *can* remain airborne if it
= keeps moving fast. It'll probably crash if it tries to land,
= but it doesn't have to fall.
>pong poD Danej.
>= You seek a clipped name.
"corkscrew" mu' wIHutlhmo', pong ngaj wImughlaHbe'.
meq vIQIjta'chugh, chaq <HuSwI'> vIper. 'ach jISaHbe'.
= Since there's no word for "corkscrew", we can't translate the short name.
= If I had explained my reasoning, I might call it {HuSwI'} "hanger".
= But it doesn't matter.
-- ghunchu'wI' 'utlh