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Re: Klingon WOTD: nech (verb)

Alan Anderson ([email protected])

• From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: nech (verb)
• Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:19:08 -0400
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>> Klingon word:   nech
>> Part of Speech: verb
>> Definition:     be lateral, move laterally

On Apr 28, 2008, at 11:01 AM, Steven Boozer wrote:
> Can {nech} also cover "move side-to-side", "move horizontally",  
> "slide"?

It obviously covers the first two; "laterally" *means* to or from the  
side.

However, I don't see where "slide" fits here.  Most things that slide  
in my house move front-to-back, not side-to-side, and most things  
that I see sliding outside my house do it by moving diagonally downward.

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