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Re: Star Trek: Customizable Card Game (-lu' + -laH + noun-noun)

...Paul ([email protected]) [KLI Member] 

On Mon, 26 Apr 2004, David Trimboli wrote:
> I don't like the 2nd-person approach (purely my preference).  I'd rather
> drop the "-able" part of the title.
>
>     Quj choHlu'bogh
>     game which one changes

I dig it.  :)

> Instead of /choH/ "change," consider using /lIH/ "adjust," or maybe even
> /pupmoH/ "make perfect."  Or maybe a combination of terms to equate with
> "customize" (for which /choH/ is not adequate):
>
>     Quj chenmoHlu'bogh 'ej lIHlu'bogh
>     game which is built up and adjusted

I dig that, too...  /lIH/ didn't occur to me (well, actually "adjust"
didn't occur to me, and so I didn't find /lIH/.  :)

...Paul

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