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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] puS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brent Kesler)
Sat Jun 28 11:41:24 2014
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Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 11:41:11 -0400
From: Brent Kesler <brent.of.all.people@gmail.com>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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On Jun 27, 2014 11:02 PM, "Brad Wilson" <bmacliam@aol.com> wrote:
>
> The definition for {puS} in TKD has always bothered me - be few, be
several, be a handful.
> To me a handful is a few, but several is more than that. I wouldn't put
these together in meaning.
> I usually just ignore the "several" entry and use {law'} instead for
several/many.
> How do others reconcile this?
>
> gheyIl
There is a subtle wrinkle in English in the meaning of "few" depending on
whether you use the article "a".
1. There are few Klingons on Earth (ie, not many).
2. There are a few Klingons on Earth (ie, several).
I think that's why {puS} has the conflicting glosses " few" and "several".
It reflects two slightly different shades of "few". I can imagine MO
writing "few" next to {puS}, realizing that's not quite what he had in
mind, and adding "several" to clarify.
bI'reng
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On Jun 27, 2014 11:02 PM, "Brad Wilson" <<a href=3D"mailto:bma=
cliam@aol.com">bmacliam@aol.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> The definition for {puS} in TKD has always bothered me -=C2=A0be few, =
be several, be a handful.<br>
> To me a handful is a few, but several is more than that. I wouldn'=
t put these together in meaning.<br>
> I usually just ignore the "several" entry and use {law'}=
instead for several/many.<br>
> How do others reconcile this?<br>
><br>
> gheyIl<br></p>
<p dir=3D"ltr">There is a subtle wrinkle in English in the meaning of "=
;few" depending on whether you use the article "a".</p>
<p dir=3D"ltr">1. There are few Klingons on Earth (ie, not many).<br>
2. There are a few Klingons on Earth (ie, several).</p>
<p dir=3D"ltr">I think that's why {puS} has the conflicting glosses &qu=
ot; few" and "several". It reflects two slightly different s=
hades of "few". I can imagine MO writing "few" next to =
{puS}, realizing that's not quite what he had in mind, and adding "=
;several" to clarify.</p>
<p dir=3D"ltr">bI'reng<br>
</p>
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