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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Somehow I missed this while I was at the
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (De'vID)
Mon Sep 10 18:18:19 2012
In-Reply-To: <557798DC-6E85-433F-8C5C-02D0798D9EAF@flyingstart.ca>
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:18:03 +0200
From: "De'vID" <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com>
To: tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
Lawrence M. Schoen:
>>>> http://youtu.be/Y3Q2HXXRlBM
ghunchu'wI':
>>> Marc Okrand posted a brief Facebook comment about the video. I'm behind a
>>> firewall right now and can't provide the actual quote, but it was along the
>>> lines of "Good, someone who knows how to use Klingon numbers properly."
De'vID:
>> For the record, it was: "Someone actually knows how to use Klingon numbers!"
>> https://www.facebook.com/marc.okrand/posts/345321122223456
Qov:
> What do people get wrong about Klingon numbers? I don't remember them being difficult for anyone.
Using *{maH} instead of {wa'maH} for "ten" (a mistake made in Klingon
Monopoly on the money).
Using *{wa'vatlh cha'maH wejSaD loSvatlh vaghmaH jav} instead of
{wa'bIp cha'netlh wejSaD...}.
Basically, the same thing as always: thinking in English and doing a
straight conversion to Klingon.
--
De'vID
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