tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jun 18 18:24:55 2002
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Re: Headers. Yet again.
- From: Andrew Strader <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Headers. Yet again.
- Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 23:23:50 +0000
- Organization: Decode
qon ghunchu'wI':
>Andrew, tlhIngan potlhmey DabuSHa'ba'. mu'tlhegh Qatlh DamuSHa'law', 'ach
>bIQumchu' 'e' lunISqu'. wa' potlh yIqaw: "Straightforwardness". pIj
>Huvbe' qechmeylIj, botmo' qevbogh mu'meylIj, taHqu'bogh mu'tlheghmeylIj je.
chay' Huv pagh Huvbe' qechmey? {{:-)
But seriously, you bring up some valid points. Everytime I return to heavy
list participation, I have to readjust. My tlhIngan Hol is very murky for the
first few days, but I think it's starting to clear up.
On the one hand, I agree that I should change how I currently write. But on
the other hand, I am skeptical of simplifying all across the board. I'm as
interested as you in communication, so I'll work thru that. But I would ask
that you not condemn any single sentence for being difficult. After all
difficulty is entirely relative.
I am told repeatedly that I would not understand Klingon of equal complexity
to my own if composed by someone else. But, how do you know? :) When I first
started reading Nick's Klingon, I was completely baffled by it. Now it's
almost perfectly intelligible to me. So, which one of us do you think changed?
Actually, I don't know why I'm here right now. I probably should be paying
more attention to non-Klingon affairs....... but I'm not. Oh well. :)
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Andrew Strader