tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Dec 21 12:49:28 1998

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RE: Free food



<not ... yIlajQo'be'>?

Wouldn't that mean "Never ... do not reject", a double-negative?

~ Thornton

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	William H. Martin [SMTP:[email protected]]
> Sent:	Monday, December 21, 1998 3:46 PM
> To:	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject:	Re: Free food
> 
> 
> On Mon, 21 Dec 1998 12:27:59 -0800 (PST) "Rose, Thornton 
> (Atlanta)" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > The recent thread about ordering food made me think of one of my
> > family's mottoes (on my father's side): "Never turn down free food." 
> > I translated this into tlhIngan Hol as:
> > 
> > not Soj DaDIlnISbogh yIlajQo'.
> > 
> > ~ Thornton
> 
> I think you left off a crucial {-be'}.
> 
> charghwI' 'utlh



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