tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Mar 02 06:27:40 2004
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Re: tuj luSpetmey
From: "De'vID jonwI'" <[email protected]>
> While we're on the topic of <-logh boq'egh>, how would a
> Klingon read (aloud) the following expression?
>
> S = A / (4 hbar G)
>
> Maybe it would be something like: <4-logh boq'egh hbar,
> chenwI'-logh boq'egh G, chenwI'-logh boqHa''egh A, chen S>?
>
> It seems terribly clumsy, but I guess it would probably be
> understood. (I had some reservations about <chenwI'-logh>,
> but it seems like a natural extension of <X-logh> where
> <X> is a number. Also, since the result is the subject of
> <chen>, it seems like <chenwI'> would be understood to refer
> to the result of the previous operation.)
It looks right to me, but I suspect you're trying to do algebraic notation
with the tools of a first-grader. Maltz hasn't told us how to talk about
things like this, so using what he gave us is obviously going to be clumsy.
Image an English-speaking child who knows how to add, subtract, multiply,
and divide. "Four times h-bar times G; A divided by that; hey, what do I do
with the S?" About as clumsy as the Klingon.
(Does this character come through: h ?)
SuStel
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