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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: nIqHom
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Anderson)
Thu May 25 12:35:24 2017
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From: Alan Anderson <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 12:35:00 -0400
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On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 11:18 AM, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
wrote:
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> Any clues as to the derivation? AFAIK there's no noun *{nIq}, but there
> is {nIqDob} "hole punch, perforator (from qep'a' 2015). There's also a
> verb {nIq} "weave".
>
In her notes about Charles Babbage's conceptual general purpose computer,
Ada Lovelace writes: "The Analytical Engine weaves algebraic patterns just
as the Jacquard loom weaves flowers and leaves." The comparison is made
because the Jacquard loom uses punched cards to determine its patterns, and
those were envisioned as the way to program the AE.
-- ghunchu'wI'
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On T=
hu, May 25, 2017 at 11:18 AM, Steven Boozer <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=
=3D"mailto:sboozer@uchicago.edu" target=3D"_blank">sboozer@uchicago.edu</a>=
></span> wrote:<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px=
0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
Any clues as to the derivation?=C2=A0 AFAIK there's no noun *{nIq}, but=
there is {nIqDob} "hole punch, perforator (from qep'a' 2015).=
=C2=A0 There's also a verb {nIq} "weave".<br></blockquote><br=
>In her notes about Charles Babbage's conceptual general purpose comput=
er, Ada Lovelace writes: "The Analytical Engine weaves algebraic patte=
rns just as the Jacquard loom weaves flowers and leaves." The comparis=
on is made because the Jacquard loom uses punched cards to determine its pa=
tterns, and those were envisioned as the way to program the AE.<br><br>-- g=
hunchu'wI'</div></div></div>
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