[Tlhingan-hol] Old fashioned radio

[Qov]

At 16:17 '?????' 6/18/2012, Felix Malmenbeck wrote:
> > That works fine in that context, radio as an > 
> entertainment/information medium, while in communication with 
> people > who use it every day.  But a shipboard intercom, subspace 
> radio, and > people running around carrying scrolls would all be 
> described by Qum > pat, too. It's like "defense system" works fine 
> to describe moats, > ramparts and pike bearers in 1200 AD, but if 
> you say it today you > envision, tanks and soldiers, or a 
> biological immune response, or > maybe a pit of venomous snakes. 
> jIQochchu'be'. {I don't entirely disagree.} Maybe Qum SeHlaw? It's 
> used on the BoP poster to mean "communication console".

It's not the object "a radio" that I want to describe. It's the 
concept of communicating through periodic variations in electromagnetic waves.

- Qov

>________________________________________ From: Robyn Stewart 
>[robyn at flyingstart.ca] Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 23:29 To: 
>tlhingan-hol at kli.org Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Old fashioned radio 
>At 15:21 '?????' 6/18/2012, you wrote: >I remember in an interview 
>with Boise State Public Radio, Marc used ><Qum pat> (or maybe it was 
><Qumpat>) to refer to "radio". He sounded >uncertain, but it makes 
>sense to me. That works fine in that context, radio as an 
>entertainment/information medium, while in communication with people 
>who use it every day.  But a shipboard intercom, subspace radio, and 
>people running around carrying scrolls would all be described by Qum 
>pat, too. It's like "defense system" works fine to describe moats, 
>ramparts and pike bearers in 1200 AD, but if you say it today you 
>envision, tanks and soldiers, or a biological immune response, or 
>maybe a pit of venomous snakes. I need to be more specific. >  'ul 
>yu'egh Qumpat ________________________________________ From: > Qov 
>[robyn at flyingstart.ca] Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 23:07 To: > 
>tlhingan-hol at kli.org Subject: [Tlhingan-hol] Old fashioned radio I > 
>need to describe a regular old radio transmitter, in terms people > 
>will understand. 'ul yu'egh QumwI' 'ul chaDvay labwI' QumwI' cham > 
>tIQ (it is from the perspective of people who use 'evnagh) nuq > 
>bochup? nuq bomaS? - Qov > 
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