[tlhIngan Hol] qI'?

SuStel sustel at trimboli.name
Wed Jul 27 08:00:46 PDT 2016


On 7/27/2016 10:56 AM, Lieven wrote:
> Am 27.07.2016 um 16:46 schrieb SuStel:
>> intended. If I write my name at the bottom of a letter, that is not
>> *qI'.* If the President of the United States writes his or her name at
>> the bottom of a bill, that is *qI'.*
>
> I belong to those people who prefer to stretch the meaning as far as 
> possible. So since we do not have the word for "sign a letter" I think 
> it's okay to use "sign (a treaty)" for that purpose.
>
> I think this treaty thing is added just to make sure that it's a the 
> verb for writing your name on a paper, and not "to make a sign": "He 
> signed to her to go away."

I think this treaty thing is added just to make sure that it's the verb 
for authorizing an agreement like a treaty, and not "to make a sign" or 
"sign one's name."

You see the problem here...

Furthermore, in the /Star Trek/ universe, not all treaties are signed on 
paper. ("The treaty, set by subspace radio...")

-- 
SuStel
http://trimboli.name

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