tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Oct 03 01:25:07 2001
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Re: KLBC: vaj
> > > jup yIjatlh vaj yI'el
> > > speak friend and enter
TPO:
> If he means that "speaking" IS the key that allows you to enter, then vaj
> could work.
Yes, it is. It is a closed gate which is opened by speaking the word
"jup".
SuStel already posted the context, so I won't repeat it here.
> But unless there is a comma (or equivalent) after jup, jup is in the wrong
> place.
"Unpointed as it is, thus shall it go" (Christopher Marlowe, Edward II,
V iv 13)
Which is to say, the ambiguity rests in the punctuation.
Jiri