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Re: Problems with Hotmail?

Steven Boozer ([email protected])

• From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Problems with Hotmail?
• Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:45:19 -0500
• In-reply-to: <20040928_103841_C1_012ba3d8_C2_00000079_Name_00019637206@a grana.com>

Christoph wrote:

No ones responded yet, so I will.  First, some vocabulary:

{tlhIngan Hol yejHaD} = The Klingon Language Institute (KLI)

*{jabbI'IDghom} = "mailing list, newsgroup" (it's not official but we've 
been using it for years, almost since the list began)

>qatlh *hotmail* Qapbe'?
>Why doesn't Hotmail work?

Word order (the subject FOLLOWS the verb in Klingon):

   qatlh Qapbe' *hotmail*?

>*KLI Mailing List*Daq QIn vIlI', 'ach 'oH pawQo'.
>I send a mail to the KLI Mailing List, but it refuses to arrive.

Word order again:

   tlhIngan Hol yejHaD jabbI'IDghomDaq QIn vIlI', 'ach pawQo' 'oH.

>*KLI Mailing List*vaD *Hotmail-Account* vIqI'. 'oH mujangbe'.
>I signed the Hotmail account up for the KLI Mailing List, but I get no
>answer.

Although I'm not sure that {-vaD} is wrong - is the mailing list "in some 
way the beneficiary of the action"" (cf. TKD p.180) - a purpose clause 
works better here (and note the word order):

   tlhIngan Hol yejHaD jabbI'IDghom vIHevmeH *Hotmail-Account* vIqI'
   'ach mujangbe' 'oH.
   I signed the Hotmail account (in order) to receive the KLI Mailing
   list, but it doesn't answer me.

Interesting use of {qI'} "sign (a treaty)"; I suppose a contract or account 
agreement can be considered a type of treaty.  Using the purpose clause 
makes your use of {qI'} a bit clearer:

   X vIHevmeH Y vIqI'
   in order to receive X, I signed Y


*hotmail* vIlo'be'mo' jISovbe'.  *hotmail" DarI'nIS.
I don't know since I don't use Hotmail.  You need to contact ("hail") Hotmail.



-- 
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons 

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