[174] in tlhIngan-Hol
RE: "marq"
dcctdw@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (dcctdw@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sun Feb 16 19:18:58 1992
Errors-To: tlhIngan-Hol-request@village.boston.ma.us
Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
From: I won! I won! 30-Jan-1992 1646 <"guess::yerazunis"@cthulu.enet.dec.co.m>
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Cc: yerazunis@cthulu.enet.dec.com
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 92 18:55:21 PST
Apparently-To: tlhingan-hol@village.boston.ma.us
>If there isn't a problem with this in a Terran language, what's wrong with
>a different species not saying "hello" or "good-bye".
The terran "Hello?" serves a very useful purpose- like the pre-synch modem
whistle, it does two things:
1) it tells the reciever approximately what kind of information to
expect- in this case, American English audio.
2) it tells the reciever approximately what "gain" to expect- is the
line lossy, noisy, etc; what is the bandpass of the speaker's voice?
is the voice shrill, or bass, fast or slow? I've had the experience
of picking up the phone and although the audio was indeed american
english, being unable to understand what was being said for several
seconds until my brain registered 1) This is not dial tone... 2)It's
someone talking... 3) Boy do they have a weird accent... 4) embarass-
ment, in that order.
nukneH does the same thing, as well as explicitly indicating "start of
conversation".
Consider it a tribute to Klingon efficiency...
-Bill
