[84060] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Some ?New Official Marc Okrand
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Anderson)
Sat Jan 26 18:52:29 2008
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From: Alan Anderson <aranders@insightbb.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:49:33 -0500
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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[http://www.allyngibson.net/st-const.html]
On Jan 26, 2008, at 5:44 PM, Doq wrote:
> Sounds like Okrand's Klingon is slipping. He used {'e' vIneH}, when he
> explains in TKD that {neH} doesn't need {'e'}.
Yeah, this is one of those exceptions without a good "in character"
explanation (the real reason is to account for the resubtitled
{qama'pu' jonta' neH} line), and such exceptions sometimes end up
being ignored in canon. TKD's wording is actually a bit stronger
than "doesn't need". It says {'e'} is "not used" with {neH}.
> He uses lowercase {h} in {Ha'DIbah}.
The capital T at the beginning of the phrase tells me to shrug it off
as an editing issue, and not to consider it a problem with the original.
> He asks a yes/no question without {-'a'}. Just makes a
> statement and puts a question mark after it.
Which sentence are you referring to? I don't see any questions among
them.
