tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Nov 18 08:23:13 2003
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Re: Why Turkish?
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Why Turkish?
- Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 09:24:25 -0500
Qu'vatlh!!!
reH latlh qabDaq qul tuj law' Hoch tuj puS!
SuStel
Stardate 3881.1
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 9:22 AM
Subject: Why Turkish?
> Lieven,
>
> I've been wondering something for the longest time. Why do you have Opera
> set up with a Turkish encoding? Or is it some odd technical problem?
> Whenever I open one of your messages, I am prompted to install a Turkish
> language pack. I could just do it and get it over with, but my curiosity
> keeps me wondering.
>
> David
> Stardate 3881.1
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lieven L. Litaer (Quvar)" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 5:34 PM
> Subject: Re: Word for 'shop'?
>
>
> > jaj 17.11.2003 rep 22:40:35, ghItlh [email protected]:
> >
> > >>Some Earth languages think of a store as a place to buy "vegetables,"
> > among other things, so they render it as naH qach. But, it always
appears
> as if
> > Klingon thinking patterns are not like those of Earth-bound cultures;
so,
> it
> > is a good practice to not try to follow Earthling thinking.<<
> >
> > Yes, you're right. perhaps Klingons don't go to the "store=building" but
> to the {naH Suy}? {Soj Suy}?
> > {HIq ngevwI'}? Or there is a word for the job itself {chom}, or -- what
I
> believe is the most likely --
> > Klingons don't care about shopping. A merchant is a merchant: {Suy}.
> Maybe.
> >
> > Quvar.
> >
> >
> >
>
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