tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jun 21 10:02:49 2002
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Feel (previously RE: the banned book / BG )
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- Subject: Feel (previously RE: the banned book / BG )
- Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 11:01:56 EDT
ghItlh Pillow:
>> How can I add detail to the concept of 'feel', like describing
>> good heft or balance?
ghItlh DloraH:
>QaQ nuH, "The weapon is good".
>If the weapon didn't have good balance it wouldn't be good.
I am reminded of the final scene from that great Klingon play, Hamlet.
Just before the duel, Hamlet selects a blade, hefts it, and says something on
the order of "this one likes me well enough."
If I were not at work, I'd look up the scene in TKH and see how Nick rendered
this line. Instead, I leave it as an exercise for the reader.
Lawrence