[Tlhingan-hol] tlhoS

[SuStel]

On 3/18/2016 10:45 AM, Lieven wrote:
> You are really a strange guy - at 13:30 you mention my message being a
> good explanation for the use of {tlhoS}, and then only one hour later at
> 14:45 you write that you get angry because of what I wrote. Dr. Jekyll
> and Mr. Hyde are back.

Stuff it, smart-ass. Part of what you wrote was good, part was bad.

> I wrote:
>>> I read it as they are all still alive, he "almost" killed them, but "not
>>> quite". It's not that he killed only three or four, so close to five
>>> maybe. Klingons are never approximate. They would say "he killed them
>>> all".
>
> Am 18.03.2016 um 14:45 schrieb SuStel:
>> The more people use the "Klingons are never approximate" excuse to avoid
>> a real answer, the angrier I get.
>
> That was no an excuse, and I did not try to avoid the answer. I did
> answer the question.

If there were five warriors and the captain killed either three or four 
of them, but you're not sure how many, a Klingon wouldn't say {Hoch 
HoHpu'}." Being intentionally inaccurate to avoid being approximate is 
avoiding the issue, and ridiculous to boot.

> Saying "He killed them all" is inaccurate.
> Saying "He killed most of them" is approximate.
>
> Do I misunderstand this?

Yes, if you think that saying something you know to be blatantly wrong 
is your substitute for being vague.

If a Klingon doesn't have an exact answer, he will specify precisely 
what he DOES know. THAT is precision.

The approximate Human:
    HochHom SuvwI'pu' HoHpu' HoD
    the captain killed most of the warriors

The precise Klingon:
    wej SuvwI', loS SuvwI' ghap HoHpu' HoD
    the captain killed either three or four warriors

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