tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 08 16:48:40 1996
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Re: mu'mey chu'... (was Re: KLBC)
- From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
- Subject: Re: mu'mey chu'... (was Re: KLBC)
- Date: Mon, 8 Jul 1996 18:52:47 -0500
~mark writes:
>...I still have
>never heard of *'I', though, and would really rather know where it's from
>before using it.
It comes from <http://www.kli.org/tlhIngan-Hol/1995/Jul95/0061.html>, a
hypothetical example composed by none other than Mr. Shoulson himself:
>...If we make up our own words and
>usages freely, without having them "officially" recognized, how are we
>going to grow? Imagine you're some newcomer, all fired up with excitement
>at having bought the Dictionary two days ago, eagerly thumbing it in your
>hot little hands... You come on the list, and start furiously deciphering
>someone's post. You come across a word, "'I'" and flip through
>dictionary... again and again and again... It's not there! How are you
>supposed to know it means "armpit"?...
It seems peHruS missed the hypothetical nature of the situation...
-- ghunchu'wI' batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj