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Re: "creative"

Thorwald Peeters ([email protected])

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• Subject: Re: "creative"
• Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 17:46:12 -0000 (GMT)
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<quote who="Scott Willis">

>> Doesn't "be creative" mean {chenlaHmoH}?
>> lay'SIv

> Excellent suggestion, but two things:

> 2. This means "able to cause to take form". This would, to my mind, limit
> this meaning to a craftsman. Since I didn't know which meaning of
> "creative" he was going for, I withheld suggestions until I had more
> context.

Anyone can be creative. Not just craftsmen, but not everyone is.
Yes {chenmoHlaH} means "be creative", but what I mean is not just being
able, but also doing it spontaneous and actually *doing* it 8-)

Some people (me included) turn words around without thinking, making the
strangest combinations (spoonerisms). This often throws off the innocent
bystander (or in this case the unknowing reader) and causes
misunderstanding and healthy laughter (lol, rotfl) when the meaning and
pun is understood. That is the kind of creativeness/creativity I want to
capture into {tlhIngan Hol}

Thorwald Peeters
a.k.a. qa'pIn qorghon puqloD, q'meQ tuq
a.k.a. SoplaHtaHwI'
yuch betleH 'obe' la'quv

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