tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu May 04 06:42:34 1995
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Re: "As much as..."
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- Subject: Re: "As much as..."
- Date: Thu, 04 May 1995 09:39:23 -0500
> For example, "His house is as big as a shuttlecraft."
How about this?:
tin juHDaj lupDujHom je; rap bIH.
By itself, the first clause is too vague; the second clause, taken
literally, is just wrong. But taking them together, a Klingon (I
daresay) could interpret them as intended: IN THIS RESPECT the house
and the shuttlecraft are the same.
- tlhIngan veQbeq la'Hom marqem
Heghbej ghIHmoHwI'pu'!
Mark A. Mandel
Dragon Systems, Inc. : speech recognition : +1 617 965-5200
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