tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Oct 14 11:47:25 1994

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Re: Good day to die.



>From: [email protected] (Bill Willmerdinger)
>Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 11:24:30 -0500

> uu> From: "Mark E. Shoulson" <ur-valhalla!cs.columbia.edu!shoulson>

> uu> But for "today", you should really consider the normal usage: DaHjaj
> uu> is given for "today" in TKD.  "jajvam" would be more like "this day" in
> uu> English, which means about the same thing, but sounds affected.

>I would think that {jamvam} would be used to indicate a particular day, not
>necessarily "today".  More like "On this day, we ate fish" when one is
>pointing to a spot on the calendar.  Not really proper English, I realize, but
>{jamvam} just doesn't HAVE to mean "today".

Agreed.  I meant "in like contexts" they'd mean similar things.

>Qob

>... Hey, since the guys at CompUSA wear read shirts, can we shoot them?


~mark



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