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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ronmoH
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Sat Aug 3 12:33:54 2013
Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2013 12:33:09 -0400
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
To: tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
In-Reply-To: <CA+7zAmMkyhS4Obth=SK7KbVSUxWqvCZEUrp3onoF=5jq+C9CuA@mail.gmail.com>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
On 8/3/2013 11:45 AM, De'vID wrote:
> Bellerophon:
>> Understandably, the writers of Klingon Monopoly interpreted "ron" in terms
>> of dice. In terms of flight dynamics, where "ron" is used, it means
>> something different. If an aircraft moved like a die, we wouldn't say it
>> rolled, but that it tumbled.
>
> When I roll dice, I scoop them in my hand and rotate my wrist while
> releasing them. Viewing my outstretched hand as an aircraft, that is
> indeed a rotation about the roll axis. What the dice do after they
> leave my hand, or hit the table, is another matter, but I do in fact
> {ronmoH} them. I think most people do.
STREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETCH!
Anyway, you're not ronmoHing the dice; you're ronmoHing your hand. And I
don't even ronmoH my hand when I throw dice; it's more a
forward-diagonal translation with a slight turn of my palm downward
while I open my fingers.
--
SuStel
http://www.trimboli.name/
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