[Tlhingan-hol] Need a word for ...

[lojmitti7wi7nuv at gmail.com]

<<maSorHa’laH>> bIjatlh. wot {Sor} vIghovbe’. jIqay’ vIneHbe’. qen mu’mey qub wISuqpu’. We’ve gotten words for games we are clueless on how to play. We’ve gotten words for geometric shapes. It just seemed like “cruft” would be an interesting and useful word to have. I’d see it as useful as {wejpuH}, which is a remarkably useful word.

But it’s just an opinion, and not one with artificial importance. I perhaps implied artificial importance and that was unintentional and incorrect, and would have been dishonorable and inexcusable, were it my intent.

Okrand doesn’t owe me any words. If he finds the word interesting, himself, he can make his own choice about it, if it ever occurs to him.

lojmIt tI’wI’ nuv ‘utlh
Retired Door Repair Guy

> On Nov 19, 2014, at 7:21 PM, Alan Anderson <qunchuy at alcaco.net> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 4:03 PM,  <lojmitti7wi7nuv at gmail.com> wrote:
>> but given the fully nuanced definition in Wikipedia
> 
> DIvI' Hol mu' QIjchu'meH 'utchugh ghItlh tIn, wa' tlhIngan Hol mu' vIpIHbe'bej.
> 
> To me, the word "cruft" itself merely means something like "detritus".
> It carries in my mind an implication of material that has accreted or
> has been exposed through erosion. It is not "garbage". To apply the
> specific connotation apparently desired by tI'wI'nuv requires treating
> it as computer jargon. Entire treatises are necessary to explain the
> nuances to people who do not share the culture of those who brought
> the word to its current state of meaning.
> 
> chaq maSorHa'laH. bobcho' mIl? De' vorSaq? tlhoy DeHbogh De'wI' jan?
> qal'aq notlh?
> 
> -- ghunchu'wI'
> 
> P.S. One of those supersonic nuclear bombers is on display
> approximately 15 miles from my home. Attached to its underbelly is
> said to be the only actual nuclear bomb casing (meaning it once
> contained a working nuclear bomb) able to be touched by the general
> public.
> 
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