[tlhIngan Hol] potlh De'

[DloraH]

Data about something important
vs
important data / data which is important


Important data:  [There is a bomb located at First and Main, set to
explode at noon.]
This data is important.  We know when and where.

Data about something important:  [That bomb that is about to explode...
inside there is a post-it note that says "haha".]
The bomb is something important, but this data about it is not
necessarily important; but none the less, this is still data... about
something that is important.




On Thu, 2017-08-17 at 10:49 -0400, nIqolay Q wrote:
> I would have said {De' potlh} too, but I don't think there's a significant
> difference in meaning. I suppose you could argue that information about an
> important thing might not be important in and of itself, but clearly in
> this context the information is also important. Maybe it's some kind of
> idiomatic set phrase.
> 
> On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 10:40 AM, Lieven <levinius at gmx.de> wrote:
> 
> > While look at some canon phrases, I stumbled over a phrase from ST5:
> > {yo'SeH yaHnIvvo' potlh De' wIHevtaH.}
> > "We are receiving a priority message from Operations Command."
> >
> > I would have said {De' potlh} "important data" here.
> >
> > Is this an error, or is it just not much difference between "important
> > data" and "data about something important"?
> >
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