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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] tlhIngan Monopoly vISuq rIntaH!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Terrence Donnelly)
Tue Dec 6 12:27:36 2011
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 09:27:13 -0800 (PST)
From: Terrence Donnelly <terrence.donnelly@sbcglobal.net>
To: tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
In-Reply-To: <CAFK8js26bbcESS=kCxvqwo3YZ0DA5JKy+z-qs-7SuMracQL3KA@mail.gmail.com>
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With rare exceptions (such as a few brand-new words - which I assume MO did create, because who would have the cojones to make up a word and pass it off as his), I've decided to treat this particular source as if it did not exist.
-- ter'eS
--- On Tue, 12/6/11, ghunchu'wI' 'utlh <qunchuy@alcaco.net> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 10:52 AM,
> David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
> wrote:
> > {nuqDaq puH Duj vIngIp} is how Okrand chose to
> translate "where can I hire a car?"
>
> It's not clear that it was Okrand who *chose* that
> phrasing. As I
> understand it, he became involved in the TalkNow! project
> rather late,
> after many of the phrases had been translated. He made some
> changes,
> corrections, and additions, and he might have been
> exclusively
> responsible for this one, but I have decided not to treat
> this
> particular source with as much "reverence" as I give to a
> work such as
> Klingon for the Galactic Traveler.
>
> -- ghunchu'wI'
>
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