tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 01 09:08:31 1996
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Re: Big Enterprise
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: Big Enterprise
- Date: Mon, 1 Jul 1996 03:25:45 -0400
In a message dated 96-06-29 01:23:13 EDT, you write:
>SuStel writes:
>>> {enterpray'a'} (captions: "Enterprise?")
>>
>>I believe this was a way of saying something like, "Enterprise, eh?" Or
>>imagine a cartoon where a character is puzzled, and you see a word bubble
>>with a big question mark in it. In either case, I don't believe the {'a'}
>is
>>attached to {entepray'}.
>
>An interesting idea; using the verb suffix {-'a'} as an independent word
>could be an appropriate way to vocalize the cartoon question mark.
Personally, I do not know what the Klingon word for Enterprise is. My point
here is: Why can't a Klingon word end in the syllable -'a' as part of the
word, not a suffix at all?
peHruS