[133] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: random (but hopefully interesting) question
dcctdw@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (dcctdw@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sun Feb 16 19:16:56 1992
Errors-To: tlhIngan-Hol-request@village.boston.ma.us
Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
From: dcctdw@Athena.MIT.EDU
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 92 13:34:31 EST
In-Reply-To: Your message of Fri, 24 Jan 92 18:37:40 -0500.
Charles Maise writes:
>> ...but I think I've got it. Thanks to STVI and Shakespeare:
>>
>> taHlaH neH'e'! (One, and only one, can exist!)
I think the whole spiel associated with "taH pagh taHbe'" should be
avoided... (this probably borders on flaming; nothing personal to C.
Maise, but rather to Nick Meyer) Okrand invented the language without "to
be", and we should keep it that way, rather than accepting the kludge used
in ST6. imho, "to be or not to be" would be better translated as "to
survive or not to survive"...
Thanks for the replies (i read them, but had a chance to study them)... a
pity that the tlhIngan is not nearly so succint as the English.
dave
dave cho, dcctdw@athena.mit.edu
HoD qeng, qeng@HovwamwI'.isf.tlhingan
