tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Oct 25 18:34:30 1998
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Re: RE: KLBC Tribbleball
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: RE: KLBC Tribbleball
- Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 21:30:52 -0500 (EST)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "Steven Boozer" at Oct 23, 98 08:17:05 pm
According to Steven Boozer:
>
> On the whole issue of one word vs. two word constructions, consider:
...
> 'Iw HIq "bloodwine" (KGT p.98, 118)
Along the same lines, I doubt that the Denebian actually OWNS
the slime devil. I'm pretty sure we've had this discussion
before. Holtej, in particular, has had a lot of interest in
this and has argued this point well. There is canon to argue
against restricting noun-noun constructions to strict
possessive meaning.
> It just goes to show, you can't predict which way Okrand is going to turn.
Not on THIS topic, anyways.
> --
> Voragh "Grammatici certant et adhuc sub judice
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons lis est." Horace (Ars Poetica)
charghwI' 'utlh