[90481] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Eurotalk - New Words - First Words
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Fri Nov 4 16:25:50 2011
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:25:26 -0400
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
To: tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
In-Reply-To: <SNT106-W314D26F4585F14D908C0B2A1DA0@phx.gbl>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
On 11/4/2011 4:21 PM, Josh Badgley wrote:
>
> I agree. Presenting nuqneH as "hello" is going to cause problems for
> anyone who learns Klingon using this CD. It's worth remembering that not
> /every/culture has an all-purpose word for salutation. I've studied a
> little Pali for religious reasons. Although it's /mainly/a literary
> language, it's interesting to note that the language does not have a
> word for "hello". One could use various other greetings depending on the
> situation (/bho!/Friend! /Svagatam! /Welcome! Hail!) It would be
> unfortunate for new Klingon speakers to start using nuqneH in this way.
> Personally, I like "qajatlh" from KPC...I can see a Klingon answering a
> phone with such a phrase.
Back in the day when I was the Beginners' Grammarian, I was advised not
to correct beginners when they used {nuqneH} for "hello," which most do.
The reasoning was that you didn't want to discourage new blood by
criticizing this one thing that they had learned for themselves.
Like it or not, most people start out thinking that {nuqneH} is used
wherever we would say "hello." I don't think TalkNow! using it this way
has really hurt anything.
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SuStel
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