[87505] in tlhIngan-Hol
RE: Facebook in Klingon
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Thu Dec 10 11:39:07 2009
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "'tlhingan-hol@kli.org'" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:34:40 -0600
In-Reply-To: <COL114-W6FCAF0D63D5640B55EB9EB6930@phx.gbl>
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
toQ:
> For example, how might one signify "link"
*{De'wI' Quv} website, URL (DloraH) - lit. "computer coordinates"
I've also seen *{rarwI'} "connector" used on occasion.
> or "address book"
{Quv tetlh} "coordinate(s) list" perhaps?
> or, in the more specialized terminology of sites
>like Facebook, how to express "Wall-to-Wall" or "Friend Request"? I once
>saw <jabbI'ID> used to mean "e-mail" but was this a nonce usage or is it
>accepted by (or acceptable to) a quorum of well-versed tlhIngan Hol
>jatlhwI'pu'?
{jabbI'ID} "data transmission" has been used for "e-mail" and *{jabbI'IDghom} for "mailing list, newsgroup" on this list ever since its inception. (What's it been, 15 years now?) Some people use {QIn} "message" which appeared in KGT, but {jabbI'ID} is still widely used.
Related words I've seen more than once (and their sources) include:
*{jabbI'ID pat} e-mail (the system in general) (ghunchu'wI')
*{jabbI'ID Quv} e-mail address (ghunchu'wI')
*{jabbI'ID'a'} e-mail digest (of posts) (ghunchu'wI')
*{jabbI'IDghom loHwI'} list owner/administrator (KLI)
--
Voragh
Canon Master of the Klingons
