[89522] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Listening device
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ghunchu'wI' 'utlh)
Thu Sep 8 21:40:42 2011
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Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 21:33:43 -0400
From: "ghunchu'wI' 'utlh" <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
jIja'pu':
> It occurs to me that the consensus understanding of the noun
> {jIH} "monitor" as a display device might be wrong, and it might refer
> to the sensing/sending device instead...
...except that Skybox SP3 uses {jIH'a'} for "main viewscreen". Oh, well.
I can still theorize about its etymology having something to do with
seeing one's reflection in a mirror. Or perhaps a remote
sensing/viewing system was considered to be a proxy for the person
using it.
-- ghunchu'wI'
