tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Oct 31 16:47:07 1996
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RE: Halloween / "Heghlu'wI' jaj" ?
- From: "Garrett M. Hayes" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Halloween / "Heghlu'wI' jaj" ?
- Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 19:50:07 -0500
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>From: Mark E. Shoulson[SMTP:[email protected]]
>Sent: Thursday, October 31, 1996 14:38
>To: Multiple recipients of list
>Subject: Re: Halloween / "Heghlu'wI' jaj" ?
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>Leaving aside the fact that Hallowe'en is not the Day of the Dead...
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>You mean "HeghwI' jaj"? That works. "*Heghlu'wI'" doesn't make much
>sense. -lu' means that the subject is unspecified, and -wI' means that the
>subject is the noun we're talking about. Woops. "HeghwI'" isn't bad,
>though "Heghpu'wI'" is perhaps better (those who have died). There's also
>"lom"/corpse, which isn't quite what you mean.
Wouldn't "HeghwI' ram" better capture the spirit (pardon the pun) of
HallowE'EN?
'etlhqengwI'
(vuDmeywIjvaD jIngoy' jiH'e')
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