tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Aug 23 07:39:37 1997
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Re: Correct state of my name list
- From: "Jarno Peschier" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Correct state of my name list
- Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 16:41:01 +0100
- Comments: Authenticated sender is <[email protected]>
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
- Organization: Utrecht University, Computer Science
- Priority: normal
On 22 Aug 97 at 14:56, Mark E. Shoulson wrote:
> >Mmm, watch your sentence order. This litterally says "I, Jarno
> >Peschier, salute you" instead of the "I salute you, Jarno Peschier"
> > you obviously meant.
> >
> >That would be: Jarno Peschier qavan. And you could also use my
> >Klingon name and just make it the following: peSHIr qavan.
>
> Not so. Read TKD section 5.6. Direct address terms can come at the
> beginning or the end of a sentence. They are not (necessarily)
> fill-ins for the subject or object.
bIlugh
It seems I need to read my copy of TKD more often...
It still seems strange though. Without the comma it really means
only that the name/word used in direct address is the subject if I
see it in writing. Must be me...
Jarno Peschier, computer science student, Utrecht University
mailto:[email protected] http://jarno.home.ml.org/
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