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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] I'm not bying
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (SuStel)
Wed Jul 19 13:21:08 2017
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On 7/19/2017 1:10 PM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
> pIj, HaSta jIHDaq amerI'qa' Da'wI'pu' vIlegh; ja'chuq Da'wI'pu'vam 'ej
> latlh pon 'e' nID wa'.
I'm going to make a stylistic suggestion here: say *wa' pon 'e' nID
latlh.* It's unclear who the /other/ is before you find out there's a /one./
> 'ach, HarQo'chugh latlh, vaj jatlh I'm not bying. reH, mu'tlheghvam
> vIparHa'qu'. jangmeH mu'tlheghvam ghaj 'elaDya' Hol 'e' vIjInbej..
>
> SKI: I really like the american/english phrase "I'm not bying", in
> order to express "I'm not convinced.
The phrase is /I'm not buying it,/ where /it/ refers to the explanation
you're not convinced about.
Klingon has a similar expression: *latlh HIvje'Daq 'Iw HIq bIr yIqang*/I
don't believe you, maybe someone else will./
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/19/2017 1:10 PM, mayqel qunenoS
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:CAP7F2cKJGus-EuwECsxmE-KJWgxyALRkACu6Z3JrYnm=LQye8w@mail.gmail.com">pIj,
HaSta jIHDaq amerI'qa' Da'wI'pu' vIlegh; ja'chuq Da'wI'pu'vam 'ej
latlh pon 'e' nID wa'.</blockquote>
<br>
<p>I'm going to make a stylistic suggestion here: say <b>wa' pon
'e' nID latlh.</b> It's unclear who the <i>other</i> is before
you find out there's a <i>one.</i><br>
</p>
<br>
<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:CAP7F2cKJGus-EuwECsxmE-KJWgxyALRkACu6Z3JrYnm=LQye8w@mail.gmail.com">
<div dir="auto">'ach, HarQo'chugh latlh, vaj jatlh I'm not bying.
reH, mu'tlheghvam vIparHa'qu'. jangmeH mu'tlheghvam ghaj
'elaDya' Hol 'e' vIjInbej..</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">SKI: I really like the american/english phrase
"I'm not bying", in order to express "I'm not convinced.</div>
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<p>The phrase is <i>I'm not buying it,</i> where <i>it</i> refers
to the explanation you're not convinced about.</p>
<p>Klingon has a similar expression: <b>latlh HIvje'Daq 'Iw HIq bIr
yIqang</b><i> I don't believe you, maybe someone else will.</i><br>
</p>
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