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RE: Re; KLBC (Band #3)

• From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
• Subject: RE: Re; KLBC (Band #3)
• Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 12:53:24 -0700

lab SIHwI':

>>> charghwI', QaHlIjvaD qatlho'

>> This is an Englishism - "I thank you for your help". 
>> The English "for" is used a lot more broadly than the Klingon <-vaD>.
>> The Klingon reads something like "Your help benefits because of my 
>> thanking you." What you really want is "I thank you because you helped
me".

> choQaHmo' qatlho'

maj.


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