[88157] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: How Many of Them Can We Make Die!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ghunchu'wI' 'utlh)
Tue Aug 10 16:04:01 2010
In-Reply-To: <201008101933.55344.j.silver@mupwi.demon.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:56:36 -0400
From: "ghunchu'wI' 'utlh" <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Jeremy Silver
<j.silver@mupwi.demon.co.uk>wrote:
> > pe'chu' yan 'ej SIj 'obmaQ,
>
> My only thought is that {SIj} (slit) conveys too fine a cut to attribute to
> an
> axe. So I reckon {pe} and {SIj} might need to be swapped somehow.
I put them that way on purpose, and I'm glad someone noticed. I like the
idea of a sword cutting completely while an axe does more "delicate" work. I
think it implies a thorough mastery of weapons technique. If there's enough
objection to this bit of provocative poetic imagery, the verbs can be
changed easily enough.
-- ghunchu'wI'
