[90418] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Eurotalk - New Words - Colors
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Wed Nov 2 16:04:21 2011
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:03:57 -0400
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
To: tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
In-Reply-To: <CAMZYS2VR30F3V+C3SQBDHL=h0Tu=k1ejHBW58qvJPWgJG6bMBA@mail.gmail.com>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
On 11/2/2011 4:00 PM, Michael Roney, Jr. PKT wrote:
>
> On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 7:25 PM, Robyn Stewart<robyn@flyingstart.ca> wrote:
>> You're not going to discuss the difference in pronunciation between Doq and
>> Doq, necessary to note if you want a perfect score on the game, and a future
>> source of much amusement if people actually learn Klingon from this thing?
>
> Yes.
> Doq and Doq as well as SuD and SuD are pronounced differently in the software.
> This is necessary for the "game" portions of the program.
>
> If I told you to identify SuD and gave you a choice between green,
> yellow, and red, you'd have a 50% of getting the question right.
> We know it's not red, but it could equally be green or yellow.
>
> To fit in the cookie cutter mold of the software, they mis-pronounced
> the words so that the user would be able to win.
And yet I kept getting a buzzer when I had to choose between HIvje' and
HIvje'.
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SuStel
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