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Re: Direct/Indirect quotes (was: joke)



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> Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <[email protected]>
> From: HoD trI'Qal <[email protected]>
> To: "Klingon Language List" <[email protected]>
> Date: Thu, 18 Aug 1994 18:08:28 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: Direct/Indirect quotes (was:  joke)
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> ~markvo':
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> > Hmm!  I derived that from the same place you quoted; it never occurred to
> > me that it could be read to imply that Klingon had no direct quotes.  We've
> > generally taken it to mean that indirect quotation did not exist in Klingon
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> Okay, I *thought* I understood what y'all were tlaking about when this
> started, but I am getting more and more lost/confused.
>
> Could someone please define "direct quotes" and "indirect quotes" and
> give a few clear examples for us interested laymen out here?  Tanks... {{:)
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> --tQ
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