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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Shuttles and stations

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (De'vID)
Fri Jun 7 10:05:46 2013

In-Reply-To: <51B1D131.3030102@trimboli.name>
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 16:05:28 +0200
From: "De'vID" <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com>
To: tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org

De'vID:
>> Would the ISS even be a {tengchaH}? I mean, a shuttlecraft is
>> technically a type of {Duj}, but we still call it a {DujHom}. The ISS
>> feels more properly like a {tengchaHHom} to me. It doesn't even have
>> artificial gravity or shields!

SuStel:
> {-Hom} doesn't indicate how impressive something is. The ISS is certainly a
> {tengchaH}. A shuttlecraft is a {DujHom} because it's used to ferry people
> to and from actual {Dujmey}.

In that case, the ISS is something like a {ghojmeH tengchaH}, at best.

SuStel:
> Now... try translating "runabout"!

DujHom tIn?

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