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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] mu' chu' chabal tetlh!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (SuStel)
Tue Mar 21 12:01:38 2017
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Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2017 12:01:06 -0400
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On 3/21/2017 11:55 AM, Rhona Fenwick wrote:
> Playing word-games" was not on my agenda and that was the reason for
> my replacement proverb. If that wasn't enough I'll apologise in
> English: I'm sorry for the confusion.
I wasn't accusing /you/ of playing word-games; I meant that we all have
to play word-games when we come across a concept which simply hasn't
been given to us in Klingon. We simply don't know what Klingons call the
stuff that falls from the sky when it *peD*s. To talk about that stuff,
we have to play word-games. We have to invent descriptions that our
listeners are going to understand, then talk about the stuff we just
described without ever actually naming it. Or we have to side-step
talking about the actual stuff and just hint at it by talking about its
effects or its origin.
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/21/2017 11:55 AM, Rhona Fenwick
wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:SYXPR01MB1822DC47E59B7106C9C0F986AA3D0@SYXPR01MB1822.ausprd01.prod.outlook.com"
type="cite"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Playing word-games" was
not on my agenda and that was the reason for my replacement
proverb. If that wasn't enough I'll apologise in English: I'm
sorry for the confusion.</span></blockquote>
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<p>I wasn't accusing <i>you</i> of playing word-games; I meant that
we all have to play word-games when we come across a concept which
simply hasn't been given to us in Klingon. We simply don't know
what Klingons call the stuff that falls from the sky when it <b>peD</b>s.
To talk about that stuff, we have to play word-games. We have to
invent descriptions that our listeners are going to understand,
then talk about the stuff we just described without ever actually
naming it. Or we have to side-step talking about the actual stuff
and just hint at it by talking about its effects or its origin.<br>
</p>
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