tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Nov 24 16:29:18 2009

Back to archive top level

To this year's listing

• Index by Date
• Index by Thread
• Index by Author

Re: pu'jIn

David Trimboli ([email protected])

• From: David Trimboli <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: pu'jIn
• Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:28:24 -0500
• In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
• References: <[email protected]>
• User-agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812)

Terrence Donnelly wrote:
> --- On Tue, 11/24/09, Christopher Doty <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>>> This tends to happen a lot when trying to come up with ways of 
>>> translating scientific or professional jargon. One should always
>>> try to eliminate hindsight words from one's Klingon.
>> 
>> Who? Why? Where? Does Okrand say this somewhere?  Or is this your 
>> own pearl of wisdom?
> 
> The KLI's strong opposition to anyone but Okrand coining new words 
> (which is what a compund word would be but a N-N combination would 
> not) is based on the practical recognition that, lacking a central 
> authority like an Academe Klingonaise, this would quickly lead to 
> mutually-unintelligible dialects in a community too small to sustain 
> any, and also as a sign of respect to Marc Okrand.  Since the second 
> reason involves humility, I don't expect you to understand it.

jatlh 'e' mev! ghu' DaDubbe' bItIchDI' jay'.

'ej tlhIngan Hol yejHaDvaD jIjatlhbe'. yejHaD vI'oSbe'bej.

-- 
SuStel
tlhIngan Hol MUSH
http://trimboli.name/mush

• References:
  • Re: pu'jIn
    • From: Terrence Donnelly <[email protected]>

• Prev by Date: Re: pu'jIn
• Next by Date: Re: Comparatives
• Previous by thread: Re: (Re²:) DuSaq ghojwI' vumQo'ghach
• Next by thread: RE: architectural terminology
• Index(es):
  • Date
  • Thread
  • Author

Back to archive top level