[87059] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: pu'jIn
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Terrence Donnelly)
Tue Nov 24 19:21:17 2009
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:18:15 -0800 (PST)
From: Terrence Donnelly <terrence.donnelly@sbcglobal.net>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
In-Reply-To: <a1173fff0911241517s6dd15509m96fe6263d28eba7b@mail.gmail.com>
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
--- On Tue, 11/24/09, Christopher Doty <suomichris@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > This tends to
> > happen a lot when trying to come up with ways of
> translating scientific
> > or professional jargon. One should always try to
> eliminate hindsight
> > words from one's Klingon.
>
> Who? Why? Where? Does Okrand say this somewhere? Or
> is this your own
> pearl of wisdom?
>
The KLI's strong opposition to anyone but Okrand coining new words (which is what a compund word would be but a N-N combination would not) is based on the practical recognition that, lacking a central authority like an Academe Klingonaise, this would quickly lead to mutually-unintelligible dialects in a community too small to sustain any, and also as a sign of respect to Marc Okrand. Since the second reason involves humility, I don't expect you to understand it.
-- ter'eS
