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Re: Computer languages



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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