[83866] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: DawI' - ghetwI'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (naHQun)
Mon Jan 7 01:16:19 2008
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 01:11:07 -0500
From: naHQun <nahqun@gmail.com>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
In-Reply-To: <4780E7FF.3060607@trimboli.name>
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
On 1/6/08, David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name> wrote:
> Besides, {Da} "behave as, act in the manner of" even has "act" in its
> English definition! To me, {DawI'} seems to be closer to "actor" than
> {ghetwI'}.
>
> SuStel
> Stardate 8015.3
I'd use ghetwI' for someone in costume at a Con. Mainly b/c ghet (v)
pretend reminds me of the William Shatner quote "Get a life!" from the
old SNL episode.
But of course, none of them ACTUALLY mean actor, and all of them work
to one degree or another-so use whichever you prefer.
~naHQun
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