[93037] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] nu'uchtaH San ghop
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robyn Stewart)
Fri Apr 27 17:06:29 2012
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:05:26 -0700
To: tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
From: Robyn Stewart <robyn@flyingstart.ca>
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At 12:32 '?????' 4/27/2012, you wrote:
>De'vID:
> >>> rInDI' may', {Nobunaga}vaD jatlh boQDaj: <San ghop choHlaH pagh.>
> >> Also {choH} might not work for {ghop} here... maybe {SIgh}?
>
>Qov:
> > I liked choH. Or maybe choHmoH. SIgh is too weak.
>
>I'm reminded of KGT p.106-7 where it implies that {ghop choH} would be
>taken literally, i.e., Fate (a personified goddess) has had her hand
>(a literal body part) altered in some way,
But that's the metaphor: that her hand that holds someone back or
propels them forward has been made to change its action. Or do you
think the hand of fate acts another way?
>not that her actions have been made different than they would have
>been otherwise, which is what
>"changing the hand of Fate" actually means.
Metaphors within metaphors!
- Qov
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