[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: meq

[David Holt]

Or perhaps the best solution is to say something like, "boQwI' says its from HQ 13.1, p.8-10, Mar. 2004."

Jeremy

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From: mayql qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 10:42 AM
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Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: meq

ok, I understand now. I will always write the original canon source.


On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 5:53 PM, lojmIttI'wI'nuv
<lojmitti7wi7nuv at gmail.com> wrote:
> Just to clarify, the reason you want to give the original source is that
> when you do that, some of us are inclined to check. If they discover that
> the original source has been misquoted, those people will definitely let us
> all know. Anyone else who is using the same indirect source will then know
> to go in and make that correction.
>
> The simple truth is, there are thousands of words, lovingly managed by
> dozens of people, and the odds are that every single one of those people has
> made a mistake somewhere. TKD has mistakes in it. Anybody who thinks their
> personal dictionary doesn’t have mistakes in it probably hasn’t found them
> yet. It happens.
>
> So, we help each other out, finding and fixing our personal source material.
>
> pItlh
> lojmIt tI'wI'nuv
>
>
>
> On Feb 23, 2016, at 10:20 AM, mayql qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> De'vID :
>
> Yes, but referencing a canon source preempts confusion over whether
> something is canon. Also, other people can then look up the HolQeD
> issue themselves, if they have access to it.
>
>
> ok De'vID, from now on, I will always be making reference of the
> original canon source.
>
> mIv Hurgh qunnoq
> I love klingon women
>
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 2:48 PM, De'vID <de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> De'vID:
>
> Instead of citing {boQwI'}, I'd rather you cited the reference that it
> links to, namely, HolQeD 13.1.
>
>
> mayql qunenoS:
>
> If I wrote <HQ says..> , someone could say <how do you know since you
> don't have it ?> , so I would have again to say <because boQwI' says
> that HQ says..>.
>
>
> Yes, but referencing a canon source preempts confusion over whether
> something is canon. Also, other people can then look up the HolQeD
> issue themselves, if they have access to it.
>
> --
> De'vID
>
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