tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Oct 04 11:44:06 2001
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Re: reH taH leng 'ej taHtaH
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- Subject: Re: reH taH leng 'ej taHtaH
- Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 12:34:54 -0400 (EDT)
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> Instead of using {leng} "trip, voyage, trek" for a road, many people on the
> list have used {He} "course, route" even though neither are really adequate
for
> a physical road, for which we lack a word. IIRC Okrand once told SuStel(?) at
> a qep'a' that {He} cannot be used in any metaphorical sense such as "The
> Klingon Way" or "Way of the Warrior", but I don't know whether he ruled out
the
> mundane, physical sense as well. But if you reset the poem in space, you
avoid
> that problem - you'll have to do something about those "weary feet" however!
Why does it have to be in space in order to use He as "course, route"? You can
have a course/route on land without it meaning a physical path.
DloraH