[1747] in tlhIngan-Hol
`jiH` homophony (was: Re: How do you say "Movie"?)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Tue Oct 19 03:57:04 1993
Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@klingon.east.sun.com>
From: A.APPLEYARD@fs1.mt.umist.ac.uk
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@klingon.east.sun.com>
Date: 19 Oct 93 08:08:14 GMT
Mark E. Shoulson wrote on Mon 18 Oct 93 12:27:44 -0400 (Subject: How do
you say "Movie"?):-
> ... "what's the movie this Saturday?" I wrote `nuq ghaHtah jIH'e'?` ...
"what am I?", and not even correct at that ... homograph "jIH" ... How about:
`[HaStaDaq] nuq cha'lu'?` "What's being shown (on the visual display)?"
"HaSta" might be better than "jIH", or it might not ...
I ran into this ambiguity myself once. I solved it by using `jiH` = "I",
`HaStajiH` = "visual display screen".
