[95062] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Trains
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robyn Stewart)
Thu Nov 22 12:22:44 2012
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 09:19:03 -0800
To: tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
From: Robyn Stewart <robyn@flyingstart.ca>
In-Reply-To: <50AE4A2E.8070101@trimboli.name>
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Likewise. (Canada). I would say that I had to wait for a train at the
level crossing, never for "a locomotive pulling a train". In fact, I
can't write "pulling a train" without being slightly embarrassed by
its slang meaning.
My father was English, but he was fond of the saying, "When God said
brains he thought He said trains, and let them all go by," which
implies that he was also happy to refer to the whole vehicle as a train.
Also, I call the locomotive the "engine" when the train context is
already clear, as in "that train had three engines at the front and
one in the middle," so were I forced to specify the locomotive I
would probably say the luHwI' or the HoSwI' or the vIHmoHwI' and
trust the train context to do the rest.
- Robyn
At 07:52 '?????' 11/22/2012, David Trimboli wrote:
>On 11/22/2012 10:45 AM, Fiat Knox wrote:
>
>>"Train" as in "locomotive?" The "train" usually refers to the carriages
>>being pulled along behind the actual locomotive itself, so perhaps
>>something like "lupwI' thlegh'a'" (big line of carriages) perhaps?
>
>In my (American Mid-Atlantic) dialect of English, all the cars plus
>the locomotive are called a "train." I recognize the distinction
>you're making, but it sounds like jargon to me.
>
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>SuStel
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