tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Aug 02 13:22:37 1997
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Re: New Words!!!
- From: [email protected] (Jay T. Carrigan)
- Subject: Re: New Words!!!
- Date: Sat, 02 Aug 1997 16:23:07 -0400
Please take me off this list, and if possible let me know the identity
of the prankster who subscribed me to the list.
Jay Carrigan [email protected]
>At 02:39 AM 8/2/97 -0700, you wrote:
>>> ghevI' : gagh sauce (n)
>
>They starve the {gharghmey}, then put thim in the {ghevI'}, which contains
>a flavoring drug that kills them. They're best while still writhing in
>their death pangs, hence the urgency to get live {qagh}.
>
>> Is this a body part? i.e. does it take {-Du'} or {-mey} in the plural?
>
>I think it's {-mey}, since its really just a big glob of guts, not a
>specific part, per se.
>
>>> luH : intestines (n)
>>
>> Is this an inherent plural? Could it be a singular, meaning "an
>>intestinal tract"?
>
>It just said intestines. There's really no reason I can see to have plural
>intestines, anyway, seeing as its all just one long tube! I guess
>intestinal tract would work, too.
>
>-mIqIraH
>