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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Tue Mar 8 16:58:17 1994
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From: shoulson@ctr.columbia.edu (Mark E. Shoulson)
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@klingon.East.Sun.COM>
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 1994 16:21:18 -0500
In-Reply-To: Amy_West@p1.f252.n202.z1.fidonet.org's message of Mon, 7 Mar 94 1
1:39:02 -0800 <2d7b87d6@p1.f252.n202.z1.fidonet.org>
>From: Amy_West@p1.f252.n202.z1.fidonet.org
>Date: Mon, 7 Mar 94 11:39:02 -0800
>This is my first attempt at posting from my Fido address, let's
>see if it works.
>A while ago I came up with an answering machine message for
>someone...
Hey, looks pretty cool!
>tlhIngan veSDuj bortaS DaSIchpu' - You have reached the Klingon
>warship Bortas.
Maybe DaQum?
>rI'lIj wIjanglaHbe' - We are unable to answer your hail.
Um, I don't have "rI'" as a noun. Are we accepting implicit
nomilalizations? I'm still fuzzy on it.
>chuSdaq ponglIj rI'Se'lIj je junobchugh, vaj pIrI' - If you give us
>your name and hailing frequency at the sound, we will hail you.
"chuS" is also a verb. I'm also not sure about "-Daq" here; our evidence
points to "-Daq" as being spatial, not temporal. Maybe "ghum DaQoyDI'..."?
>Amy
>... bItuHpa' bIHeghjaj
>--- Blue Wave/Max v2.12
~mark
