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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Hol motlhme'

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robyn Stewart)
Thu Aug 16 21:44:44 2012

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From: Robyn Stewart <robyn@flyingstart.ca>
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:44:13 -0700
To: Rohan Fenwick - QeS 'utlh <qeslagh@hotmail.com>
Cc: "<tlhingan-hol@kli.org>" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
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Definitely qamuS.=20



On 2012-08-16, at 17:14, Rohan Fenwick - QeS 'utlh <qeslagh@hotmail.com> wro=
te:

> Just finished writing 'ay' cha'maH wejDIch of mIl'oD veDDIr SuvwI'; it was=
 tough. Not because the material was hard or anything, but the 'ay' was inte=
nded to be spoken by foreigners from a distant country, so to emphasise that=
 I wrote the whole chapter in Krotmag dialect.
>=20
> I found it an intriguing challenge to make language choices appropriate to=
 the context. mej caused particular headaches - particularly in one section w=
here it says "everyone left us". numej Hoch could mean two completely contra=
dictory things. So I cheated and put it as mejmeH ratlh pagh "no-one remaine=
d to leave/watch". Similarly "he ignored us", where numuSHa'taH is bizarre.
>=20
> If anyone's done much Krotmag writing, what are some of your favourite con=
fused pairs?
>=20
> QeS
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<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Definitely qamuS.&nbsp;<br><br><br></div><div><br>On 2012-08-16, at 17:14, Rohan Fenwick - QeS 'utlh &lt;<a href="mailto:qeslagh@hotmail.com">qeslagh@hotmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>

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Just finished writing 'ay' cha'maH wejDIch of mIl'oD veDDIr SuvwI'; it was tough. Not because the material was hard or anything, but the 'ay' was intended to be spoken by foreigners from a distant country, so to emphasise that I wrote the whole chapter in Krotmag dialect.<br><br>I found it an intriguing challenge to make language choices appropriate to the context. mej caused particular headaches - particularly in one section where it says "everyone left us". numej Hoch could mean two completely contradictory things. So I cheated and put it as mejmeH ratlh pagh "no-one remained to leave/watch". Similarly "he ignored us", where numuSHa'taH is bizarre.<br><br>If anyone's done much Krotmag writing, what are some of your favourite confused pairs?<br><br>QeS<br> 		 	   		  </div>
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