[90499] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Eurotalk - New Words - First Words
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rohan Fenwick - QeS 'utlh)
Fri Nov 4 23:11:34 2011
From: Rohan Fenwick - QeS 'utlh <qeslagh@hotmail.com>
To: <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2011 13:11:03 +1000
In-Reply-To: <4EB4A678.9050206@trimboli.name>
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jIjatlhpu':
> But I guess the word Duj might have been the original word for "ship",
> and only later became used for spaceships (as happened in English).
mujang SuStel, jatlh:
> I'm just guessing, but this may have been caused by the use of "ship"
> for "space vehicle" in 20th century science-fiction.
chaq. jISovchu'be' jIH. Though the general structure of a spacecraft has
more in common with the structure of a sea-going engine-propelled craft,
at least for Terran technology. Engine-propelled land craft are different
in fundamental ways, primarily w.r.t. propulsion.
taH:
> Unless a non-Terran culture happens to have a similar period, there's
> no telling where their space-technology terminology will come from.
Of course. I was only speculating.
QeS 'utlh
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