[102501] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] nuqDaq ghaH 'arHa'e'?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (De'vID)
Sun Nov 22 02:51:02 2015
In-Reply-To: <BAY179-W85360E9663C88444B07D3FAA190@phx.gbl>
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2015 08:50:35 +0100
From: "De'vID" <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@kli.org
QeS 'utlh:
> An important point to remember is not just that American
> English speakers are making this interpretation, but also that Marc Okrand
> himself is a native speaker of American English. Since he's the one who
> wrote TKD, it's entirely reasonable to take the natural American English
> interpretation of a TKD gloss.
This is true. But he's also a linguist, and sometimes he deliberately
makes a linguistic joke at the cost of clarity. It may just be,
whenever there is a choice between believing that Klingon works like
American English or that it isn't, that I have an unjustified
preference for the latter.
--
De'vID
_______________________________________________
Tlhingan-hol mailing list
Tlhingan-hol@kli.org
http://mail.kli.org/mailman/listinfo/tlhingan-hol
