tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Aug 17 19:58:02 2004
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Direct quote of written statement
- From: Dar'Qang <[email protected]>
- Subject: Direct quote of written statement
- Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 21:55:42 -0500
Do we have a specified way for quoting a written statement? The object of
{ghItlh} seems to be the item written upon (i.e., {nav}). I'm not
completely sure about the object of {qon}, but my sense is that {mu'tlhegh
vIqon} would be a valid usage, but not a direct quote of the thing written.
For purposes of a message on this list I could probably get away with using
punctuation (i.e. <<....>> vIqon or jIghItlh: <<....>> or the
like). However, we have a formally specified (Klingon) way to do direct
quotes of spoken text using the verbs of saying without such
punctuation. I'm asking if something like that for written text has ever
been defined by MO or worked out on the list here.
One possibility is to go ahead and use the verbs of saying for writing:
nav vIghItlh. jIjatlh .....
But I feel that I would be inventing an idiomatic usage for jatlh in so
doing. Also, could be confusion over whether I was saying something in
conjunction with writing.
Otherwise, I'm thinking of doeing something like:
nav vIghItlh. mu'tlhegh vIqon. mu'tlheghvam jatlhlu'DI' jatlhlu' ........
In order to specify the content of a sentence that I wrote on paper.
Dar'Qang
qo''a'lIj DachenmoHtaH