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<p>><span dir="ltr"> If it were common to say {loS loch wa'} for "one quarter", Klaa would've said it.<br>
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<p><span dir="ltr">I'm not so sure about that; different contexts and languages have different conventions when it comes to fractions, decimals and percentages. For example, a recipe is likely to call for "one half deciliter" or "0,5 deciliters" of flour, but
not "50% of a deciliter". On the flip side, it's very common to write out discounts in percentage points, even when it's a common fraction like 1/2 or 1/4.<br>
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<p><span dir="ltr">We know that "quarter impulse" and "half impulse" are commonly used on Starfleet ships, which makes it suitable for the subtitle, but it may be that Klingons (or Klaa in particular) prefer to give them in percent; perhaps for consistency,
perhaps for accuracy, perhaps simply as a matter of preference.<br>
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<p><span dir="ltr">//loghaD<br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol-bounces@lists.kli.org> on behalf of De'vID <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 6, 2019 15:22<br>
<b>To:</b> tlhIngan-Hol<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [tlhIngan Hol] expressing ratio</font>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 6 Nov 2019 at 15:12, mayqel qunen'oS <<a href="mailto:mihkoun@gmail.com">mihkoun@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px">If I want to say "one fourth of a region", then what do I say ?</p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px">{loS loch wa' Sep}</p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px">or </p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px">{Sep loS loch wa'} </p>
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cha'maH vagh vatlhvI' Sep.
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<div>Note this line from Star Trek V:</div>
<div>{cha'maH vagh vatlhvI' Hong, QIt yIghoS.}</div>
<div>"Slow to one quarter impulse."</div>
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<div>If it were common to say {loS loch wa'} for "one quarter", Klaa would've said it.<br clear="all">
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