[Tlhingan-hol] Decimals
SuStel
sustel at trimboli.name
Fri Mar 7 16:18:12 PST 2014
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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