tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jun 14 21:10:44 2002
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RE: stuff
- From: Eric Andeen <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: stuff
- Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 19:09:04 -0700
ghunchu'wI' (??):
> One dust-speck-sized vocabulary nit: given the existence of the phrase
> {HoS lIngwI'} for "generator", I'd have used {pIvchem lIngwI'} instead of
> {pIvchem chenmoHwI'}. More canonically, the Bird of Prey poster has a
> label for {pIvghor lIngwI'} "Warp Generator", though it's referring to a
> warp drive rather than just any old warp field.
HoD Qanqor:
> I could go either way on this one. On the pro side, there is something
> to be said for being consistent with HoS lIngwI' and pIvghor lIngwI'.
> On the other hand, at least in my own mind, "energy" and "warp drive"
> are things that just need to be produced, where as a warp field, being
> a field (I'm thinking of it being somewhat akin to a magnetic field),
> really does need to be whipped up out of thin air, as it were, and I
> think chenmoH captures that better.
latlh wot vIchup jIH: <tlhuD>.
pagh