[89608] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: nuq bop bom: 'ay' cha'maH wa' "A"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robyn Stewart)
Mon Sep 12 11:24:29 2011
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 08:14:15 -0700
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
From: Robyn Stewart <robyn@flyingstart.ca>
In-Reply-To: <BAY166-W17B5ADB49FF4F7876EEA7EAA020@phx.gbl>
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>(Now I think about it, you mentioned that you began writing this thing on the
>plane on the way back from qep'a'... Were you expecting it to get so massive?
>And so quickly?)
See, I wanted to finish it. It was written in a notebook, supposed to
be a two pager, but I didn't like the ending, so I kept writing to
get to a better ending. And each time I got to a new ending by then I
had thought of a new better ending that it would take longer to get
to, or more backstory that had to be filled in. I'm still trying to
finish it, but now I have to resolve all the new characters. And I'm
not sure I know what the song is about anymore. So uh, no. I've
written at least 250 words a day since qep'a'.
> > HughDajvo' mejpu'DI' wab, laHDaj HonchoH Mahoun. pIj nga'chuqbogh
> > tlhInganpu' bejpu' 'ach mIwmey tIvbogh be' ngu'laHbe'. chaHvaD
> > 'utbe'law' bel. ngaghDI' pav 'ej ral. nom tagh 'ej nom rIn. Ha'DIbaH
> > lam chaH. teH! manga'chuq 'e' tIvbe'chugh tlhIngan be'qoq lam, qatlh
> > vISaH jIH? vIwem vIneH neH. vIyonmoHbe'chugh vaj Hoch qotlhbogh Hev.
> > qaStaHvIS ghup Mahoun pIlmoH qechmeyvam 'ej ghuppu'pa' jang be'.
> > "ghghghghgh." ngaghqang.
>
>Hm. I found this a bit jarring. Mahoun's attitude towards the thing is hard to
>pin down. In the previous section he doesn't seem to have so much problem with
>'eSSIm in particular, but here there seems to be a sudden alteration in his
>mindset that's a little difficult to understand.
It is jarring. He's a bit of a piece of work. For him it's a
necessary piece of rationalization in psyching himself up for this
act, the way, for now, that he's answering his own question of "why
am I doing this?" You probably know about the research that has
determined that we make decisions before we actually go though the
logic of why we're making them, and Mahoun is a very impulsive person anyway.
I'm writing the chapters following this now (there are twenty
intervening chapters back on the Dugh) and I think it may get more
confusing before it gets better, but I'll try to make it clear eventually.
> > 'a SIQlaHmoH, SeymoH 'oy'.
>
>SIQmoHlaH.
HIvqa' veqlargh
> > yavDaq pummoH 'ej roDajDaj toS.
>
>{roDajDaq} bIjatlh DaneHba'.
QumnIS poS qanwI'wIj nIH SIqwI'wIj je.
> > pay' tlhInganvam SaH.
>
>naDev {SaHchoH} qaq law' {SaH} qaq puS 'e' vIHar.
chaq bIlugh. 'a choH vIDelbe'. SaHbe'. pay' SaH. vaj pay' SaHchoHpu'.
>Very powerful stuff. (But then, it's powerful subject matter.) I think if ever
>there was a bit of prose that showed how vivid Klingon can be as a language,
>this is it - this is some of the bluest writing I've read in a
>while
I'm not sure if I should admit that it isn't the most graphic I've
written. Definitely the bluest I've ever sent to the list, though.
- Qov
