[98138] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Decimals
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (SuStel)
Fri Mar 7 19:18:39 2014
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 19:18:12 -0500
From: SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
In-Reply-To: <1394233349.43863.YahooMailNeo@web133106.mail.ir2.yahoo.com>
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On 3/7/2014 6:02 PM, Fiat Knox wrote:
> When reciting the decimal portion of a number, it is customary to just
> recite the digits in sequence, isn't it?
>
> Say, you've got a readout of 401.6335 kellikams and you have to read off
> the number, you'd say loS pagh wa' vI' jav wej wej vagh qelI'qammeyor
> maybe loSvatlh wa' vI' jav wej wej vagh qelI'qammey. I'm happy with either.
>
> But what about a recurring decimal? Er, one-third: 0.333 ... recurring?
> pagh vI' wej qaSqa'taHbogh? 1/7, 0.142857 ... pagh vI' wa' loS cha'
> chorgh vagh Soch
> qaSqa'taHbogh?
You have to keep reciting numbers forever. A Klingon may be inaccurate,
but he is never approximate.
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