On 10/22/2017 10:45 AM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
We know we can say:
{bIQ'a'Daq 'oHtaH 'etlh'e'} the sword is in the ocean
There is no real ocean, but we use the {-Daq} on the {bIQ'a'} neverthless.
Likewise, if we wrote:
{'Internet DaqDaq De' law' tu'lu'} at the location of the internet, there's a lot of information
Would the above be acceptable ?
*bIQ'a'Daq 'oHtaH 'etlh'e'* is not a metaphor; it is an idiom. A metaphor is an expression that describes one thing as a different thing; an idiom is an expression that means something other than what it literally says. When a Klingon says *bIQ'a'Daq 'oHtaH 'etlh'e',* he is not saying that anything is a sword or ocean; he is merely referencing a story about Kahless to mean /something has ended./ There is no reason why you can't use *-Daq* in a metaphor. The limits on *-Daq* are that it must describe a spatial relationship. If a metaphor includes a spatial relationship, then *-Daq* is appropriate. If you're /standing on the shoulders of giants,/ that's a metaphor that includes an actual spatial relationship, so go ahead and say *tInqu'wI' volchaHDaq QamtaH.* So what about /on the Internet?/ This gets a little more complicated, because so much of our computer terminology is built out of metaphors that we get so used to they cease to be mere metaphors and become the normal jargon. We casually toss out metaphors like /window, file, trash, clipboard, paste, open, /and /desktop/ to the point that we don't even realize anymore that they are metaphors. We intuitively click on the image of a floppy disk to save a file even though we haven't used floppy disks to save files for years and years. So when considering whether /on the Internet/ is a metaphor, keep in mind that computer jargon is built on metaphor, but may not be metaphor anymore. We think of the Internet as a "place" with "sites" and "pages" and "forums" that we "go to," so why couldn't something be "in" or "on" the Internet? It's in keeping with the metaphor. So go ahead and maintain that metaphor, with the understanding that we're biased by our jargon for these things. Since the Internet is a specifically Human invention, Klingons talking about it will probably just adopt our metaphor—unless they have or had something of their own that's comparable. But since their word for Internet is *'Internet,* I find that unlikely. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name