[102483] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] nuqDaq ghaH 'arHa'e'?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (SuStel)
Sat Nov 21 10:11:29 2015
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
From: SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name>
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2015 10:10:45 -0500
In-Reply-To: <CA+7zAmNuo6U+QQS00ZKYsSuRwLL_-LsuJqo9gj0Yjn2fpq0Fuw@mail.gmail.com>
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On 11/21/2015 4:23 AM, De'vID wrote:
> {mIS} v. be confused, mixed up
> {missing verb} v. be confused, perplexed
>
> I believe that Okrand couldn't pass up an opportunity to make a clever
> joke and left out the "be confused, perplexed" entry on purpose.
I doubt that. "Mixed up" also means "perplexed." It doesn't have only a
physical meaning.
> If {mIS} meant what you think it meant, there would have been no
> reason for it to be glossed as "mixed up", which can only serve to
> disambiguate it from the other sense of "be confused".
It's possible he was trying to establish it as "be confused, perplexed"
because he didn't consider that "mixed up" has a related physical meaning.
We also have to remember that Okrand is a native English speaker, and he
was originally writing for a primarily American, non-linguist audience.
He would be trying to disambiguate for THEM.
> And that's my point. The KLI mailing list has developed some
> conventions which are, strictly speaking, not canon. There are
> ambiguities in the canon, and the KLI mailing list has developed
> conventions which are a matter of historical accident.
Agreed.
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SuStel
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