[89437] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Arithmetic Using Units of Measure
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robyn Stewart)
Mon Sep 5 19:23:43 2011
Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:14:31 -0700
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
From: Robyn Stewart <robyn@flyingstart.ca>
In-Reply-To: <BLU0-SMTP637BCC8C371D732BC4C47FD21D0@phx.gbl>
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Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
At 15:27 05/09/2011, you wrote:
>On 9/5/2011 4:43 PM, Robyn Stewart wrote:
> > wejlogh QInvam vIHevlaw'pu' 'a vIyajbe'taH.
> >
> > At 13:26 05/09/2011, you wrote:
> >> Hmm. DujDaq Qapchu' 'e'vatlh, pagh<<loS cheb'a' jav cheb je>> lujatlh
> >> wIjwI' chor (bargh) chenwI' joq 'e' vIHarqu'taH
> > 'evnagh DaghItlhHa''a'? mIwvetlh?
>Do I unwrite "subspace?" What?!?
You wrote a nonsense word 'e'vetlh, which I guessed at a remembering
of 'evnagh (as the most similar word I could think of, but still
making little sense in context) or mIwvetlh, which made sense in
context but was pretty hard to construe as a typo. It has since been
decoded by someone who realized you tried to use a sentence as object
construction to make a sentence into a subject.
> > <loS cheb'a' jav cheb je> vIlaj 'ach<loS cheb'a' boqHa'
> cheb> vIlajHa'bej.
> >
> > chaq yuQlIjDaq lutlh wIjwI'pu' 'ach cham chu' lulo' yuQwIj wIjwI'pu''e'.
>lutlh? cham chu yajnISlu. no' mu'mey ghojnISlu 'ej bIH yajnISlu'.
cham chu' yajnISlu' -- yajmeH latlhpu' <letters> tInopQo'.
>cha'DIch potlh law' w'DIch potlh puS.
>tlhInganpu' lI' <<decimal system>> 'ach 'oHbe' Qo'noS Sung. Qo'noSvo'
>'oH <<nonary system>> 'ej lutlhbe'qu'!! Sung 'oHqu'!!
Dape''eghlaH. tlhInganpu'vaD vIHarlaH, 'ach ghaytan Sab je.
qechvam 'angbogh lut vISov.
veng Satlh lopno' jIHtaHvIS Sarghmey vIbej. lIghmeH laH muchmech
Sarghmey lIgh be'pu'. 'ov. lIghtaHvIS wanI' Del loD. Sargh Sov law'
ghajbe' loD 'ach luboQ cha' be'pu'. Sargh DelmeH loD 'abmeH pat tIQ
lo': ghopmey (hands) lo'. wa'maH loS vI' vagh ghopmey 'abchugh Sargh,
vaj Sarghna' 'oH. machchugh SarghHom 'oH neH. 'ach juvmeH pat tIQvaD
<vI'> lulo'be'. pat tIQvaD loS gharghmey (inches) ngaS wa' ghop. vaj
"14 hands 2 inches" "fourteen two" ghap jatlhlu'. 'a pat tIQ
lo'be'mo' loD, reH wa'maH loS vI' cha' jatlhtaH. mumaw'moHmo'
qajatlh. QIpbe' 'ach DuD juvmeH Dochmey neHbe'.
SKI: In a society that has adopted the decimal system, people may
stop using old mixed units.
- Qov
