[tlhIngan Hol] po 8 am, or 8 am po ?

SuStel sustel at trimboli.name
Wed Sep 11 10:49:51 PDT 2019


On 9/11/2019 1:25 PM, nIqolay Q wrote:
>
> If the {'arlogh Qoylu'pu'} idiom isn't used to specify fractions of 
> the hour, it might be the case that you don't bother with it in the 
> first place if you know you need an answer more precise than an hour. 
> So the {ghelwI'} in this dialogue should probably have just started 
> with {rep yIper, lagh!} if they knew they needed the minutes too.

Except we're told that *rep yIper* and *'arlogh Qoylu'pu'* are generally 
used in different contexts. Unless non-military or interplanetary 
contexts mean you don't care about precision, *rep yIper* is not simply 
a more precise version of *'arlogh Qoylu'pu',* and you wouldn't simply 
substitute them.

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SuStel
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