tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jan 25 01:58:37 2002

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Re: ? about a word.

• From: "qe'San \(temp ADSL email\)" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: ? about a word.
• Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 07:00:24 -0000
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From: <[email protected]>

> > Or what about just [ taH'a' vIghro'] "Cat survive?"
>
> Once again, this is a complete sentence - "Does the
> cat survive?", although <yIntaH'a' vIghro'> would be
> a little more accurate. In any case, this is probably
> the closest suggestion yet to the spirit of
 > Schroedinger's cat.

Thanks.. Nice to know I can get close for once.

I'd used [taH] in this way to try and capture that spirit and follow the "to
be or not to be" idea by turning it into a question..

qe'San

> I'll make one more:
>
> yInbejbe'bogh vIghro' - The cat which is uncertainly
> alive.  It's hard to translate into English, but the
> Klingon makes sense.
>
> All of this seems a bit long for a ship name, though.
>
> pagh

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