[93792] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Old fashioned radio
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Qov)
Mon Jun 18 18:38:18 2012
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:35:52 -0600
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
From: Qov <robyn@flyingstart.ca>
In-Reply-To: <F52986192E9FE346B0B7EF3D6F98E87711C31F54@EXDB3.ug.kth.se>
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At 16:17 '?????' 6/18/2012, Felix Malmenbeck wrote:
> > That works fine in that context, radio as an >
> entertainment/information medium, while in communication with
> people > who use it every day. But a shipboard intercom, subspace
> radio, and > people running around carrying scrolls would all be
> described by Qum > pat, too. It's like "defense system" works fine
> to describe moats, > ramparts and pike bearers in 1200 AD, but if
> you say it today you > envision, tanks and soldiers, or a
> biological immune response, or > maybe a pit of venomous snakes.
> jIQochchu'be'. {I don't entirely disagree.} Maybe Qum SeHlaw? It's
> used on the BoP poster to mean "communication console".
It's not the object "a radio" that I want to describe. It's the
concept of communicating through periodic variations in electromagnetic waves.
- Qov
>________________________________________ From: Robyn Stewart
>[robyn@flyingstart.ca] Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 23:29 To:
>tlhingan-hol@kli.org Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Old fashioned radio
>At 15:21 '?????' 6/18/2012, you wrote: >I remember in an interview
>with Boise State Public Radio, Marc used ><Qum pat> (or maybe it was
><Qumpat>) to refer to "radio". He sounded >uncertain, but it makes
>sense to me. That works fine in that context, radio as an
>entertainment/information medium, while in communication with people
>who use it every day. But a shipboard intercom, subspace radio, and
>people running around carrying scrolls would all be described by Qum
>pat, too. It's like "defense system" works fine to describe moats,
>ramparts and pike bearers in 1200 AD, but if you say it today you
>envision, tanks and soldiers, or a biological immune response, or
>maybe a pit of venomous snakes. I need to be more specific. > 'ul
>yu'egh Qumpat ________________________________________ From: > Qov
>[robyn@flyingstart.ca] Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 23:07 To: >
>tlhingan-hol@kli.org Subject: [Tlhingan-hol] Old fashioned radio I >
>need to describe a regular old radio transmitter, in terms people >
>will understand. 'ul yu'egh QumwI' 'ul chaDvay labwI' QumwI' cham >
>tIQ (it is from the perspective of people who use 'evnagh) nuq >
>bochup? nuq bomaS? - Qov >
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