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Re: law'/puS




On Tue, 24 Jan 1995, Mark E. Shoulson wrote:

> >From: [email protected]

> >> >There have been other obvious mistakes. Does anyone remember {jIHtaHbogh
> >> >naDev vISovbe'} in TKD pg.172? 

> >> Don't remind me.

> >This must have been before I was on the list - could someone explain it to me.
> >Thanks.

> Not so much that it was on the list... but it's in TKD, and it sucks
> (Okrand was plainly trying for "I don't know the "here" in which I am").
> Notably, in CK, it's "DaqwIj jISovbe'."  Far better.  That's about all
> there is to it.

pardon me for asking, but.....

{jIHtaHbogh naDev vISovbe'} is a mistake?  howso?  i can see that it is a 
complicated sentence, and there's definitely better ways to say "Where 
the hell am I?", but what are some objections?  

seriously -- i hadn't noticed the problem before, and i'm curious as to 
*why*.  one response is all i need -- don't want to open any wormcans....

> ~mark

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