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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] potlh De'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Thu Aug 17 11:10:30 2017
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Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 15:10:26 +0000
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Possibly it's military jargon. It is an odd phrase, but I understand {potlh De'} as an "announcement" or a flash alert. (IIRC the message was about General Koord being taken hostage on Nimbus III. )
Okrand has used {De' potlh} "important data/information" twice AFAIK:
tlhIngan toQDuj Duj De' potlh
Klingon Bird of Prey General Specifications (KBoP title)
Marc Okrand jIH. De' potlh vIlab.
I am Marc Okrand and I bring you an important message. ('U'-MTK)
and the noun {potlh} "consequential thing, something important" once:
tlhIngan qorDu' potlh
Klingon Family Values (S13 title)
After ST5 came out, {QIn} "message" appeared in KGT and was subsequently used on the special reissue ST3 DVD case, though I don't know whether Okrand was involved:
Qugh la'vaD QIn pav
[Urgent message for Commander Kruge. (untranslated) ]
--Voragh
-----Original Message-----
From: Lieven
While look at some canon phrases, I stumbled over a phrase from ST5:
{yo'SeH yaHnIvvo' potlh De' wIHevtaH.}
"We are receiving a priority message from Operations Command."
I would have said {De' potlh} "important data" here.
Is this an error, or is it just not much difference between "important data" and "data about something important"?
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