tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Feb 15 13:18:46 1994
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Re: Computer languages
- From: [email protected] (Marnen Laibow-Koser )
- Subject: Re: Computer languages
- Date: Wed, 16 Feb 94 2:13:57 EST
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>; from "Mark E. Shoulson" at Feb 15, 94 3:52 pm
jatlhta' pabpo'ma' cha'Dich ~mark:
[...]
: >Dochvetlh DIlmeH Huch 'ar DaneH "How much do you want for that?"
:
: Oh, yuck! QI'yaH. That *really* doesn't sit well with me. Eww. It just
: doesn't seem right that "-meH" should be able to create infinitive-sounding
: things just like that. Um, the dictionary has a typo, yeah, that's it.
: There are lots of typos, and... you're not buying it, huh. OK, um, it's
: clipped, yeah. Clipped, losing the prefix "cho-" or something. Yeah. You
: won't let me get away with that either, will you.
:
: *sigh* If I'm stuck, I guess I'll do the next best thing. I can't say
: that Okrand is wrong (perish the thought), but I will resolve not to
: encourage such usage in my own works or in others', as a stylistic manner,
: in the hopes that it will at least become less common. So there.
rut lughHa' <Okrand>. \Duj tivoqtaH\ Daqaw'a'? ;>
: >>~mark
:
: > --Qanqor
:
: ~mark
:
:
Qapla' Qichqemwi'vo'.
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