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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] tlhIngan Monopoly vISuq rIntaH!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (qurgh lungqIj)
Tue Dec 6 20:29:31 2011
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From: qurgh lungqIj <qurgh@wizage.net>
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 20:28:54 -0500
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On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Terrence Donnelly <
terrence.donnelly@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> I guess I wanted to know if Klingons had objects and concepts similar to
> ours, and what the words for those things might be.
But doesn't the product answer that question?
From the CD I've learned a lot about how Klingons think of things.
Something as simple as a hamburger to us, is so alien to them that they
have to describe it as some messy lump of meat stuffed between two lumps of
brick made from grain. To them food is often easily identified as being
some kind of body part or perhaps a chab of some sort. The real issue is
that we don't truly understand a lot of the Klingon words we have, so we
don't know how similar, or dissimilar, they are to the objects and concepts
around us unless it's made blatantly clear by Okrand... but whenever he
does that he makes the language a little bit less alien.
qurgh
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<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Terrence=
Donnelly <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:terrence.donnelly@sbcglob=
al.net">terrence.donnelly@sbcglobal.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquot=
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I guess I wanted to know if Klingons had objects and concepts similar to ou=
rs, and what the words for those things might be.</blockquote><div><br></di=
v><div>But doesn't the product=C2=A0answer=C2=A0that question?=C2=A0</d=
iv><div><br>
</div><div>From the CD I've learned a lot about how Klingons think of t=
hings. Something as simple as a hamburger to us, is so alien to them that t=
hey have to describe it as some messy lump of meat stuffed between two lump=
s of brick made from grain. To them food is often easily identified as bein=
g some kind of body part or perhaps a chab of some sort. The real issue is =
that we don't=C2=A0truly=C2=A0understand a lot of the Klingon words we =
have, so we don't know how similar, or=C2=A0dissimilar, they are to the=
objects and concepts around us unless it's made=C2=A0blatantly=C2=A0cl=
ear by Okrand... but whenever he does that he makes the language a little b=
it less alien.</div>
<div><br></div><div>qurgh</div></div>
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