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Re: Subject: poH (was: RE: vay' loSbogh ghaH. Suq)



> :> {bISiDtaHchugh, jaghpu'lI' lommey qengvIs lojmItlIj ghoS
> :> Hegh-veqlargh}
> :>
> :> That's my attempt at a restoration of the old saying "Time will drag
> :> your enemies past your door".
> : .....
> 
> : On a good note, I'm glad you didn't use poH.
> 
> qatlh?
> nuq 'oSlaH mu' {poH}? nuq 'oSlaHbe'?

/poH/ is "period of time".

"A period of time will drag your enemies past your door." 
This doesn't work.  Ok, sure, the time one spends waiting at the door is a 
period of time; but "time" here is refering to that continuous, linear* 
dimension.  /poH/ refers to only a segment of that dimension.  


DloraH, BG


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