tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Nov 24 20:22:58 2009
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Re: Question about Klingon books (e.g., Gilgamesh et al.)
- From: Christopher Doty <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Question about Klingon books (e.g., Gilgamesh et al.)
- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:21:41 -0800
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> A couple times people have commented "Why did you do it like this ...", and
> I replied "What are you talking about? I wouldn't do that." Then I look it
> up in the book and there it is. "Holy crap, why did I do that?"
> I think one of them that was pointed out was a question-as-object. Not only
> did I for whatever reason use it, but it made it past the proofreaders.
> Hey, nobody's perfect.
> I just wanted a story that could be read. Shakespeare can be difficult in
> any language.
Thanks for the reply, and I think this answers my question. I mean, I
can figure out what was meant, especially with the parallel English
text. My question was more to what extent people consider the
language in these to be super-great-awesome, or if it is okay when I
find the occasional thing that seems odd, I can write it off to style
or a small error or something.
Cheers,
Chris