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RE: story, parts 4 & 6



At 20:28 10/12/96 -0800, Deborah wrote (in response to SuStel):
}SuStel and anyone else that would like to comment:
}
}I generally don't feel the need to discuss story content, but in this instance 
}I would like to.  You objected to Velka telling her father she loved him.  I 
}understand why you said that.  Do you think that the father's actions are 
}enough and that words are not needed?  May I suggest the following:

'uchchuqDI' be'nI'pu' jIbepbe' jIH.  reH tay'mo' be'Hompu' QaHchuq 'ej
Hubchuqqang.  tugh be'nI'pu' chevmoH vay', 'ej mobtaHvIS Qap 'e' lughojnIS.
chaHvaD qaD'a' 'oH ghu'vam'e' 'e' vIpIH.  naQchuqmoH pe'lora HoS tam, velqa
HoS vID je.  lut vItIvqu' 'ej reH lut 'ay' chu' vIloS.  

And in another transmission SuStel wrote:
}Hmmm . . . somewhere in TKD it mentions that Klingons wear their hair long 
}(nowadays) as a way of showing that they are not afraid of their enemies.  It 
}gives the enemy a possible way to hold the Klingon.  One wonders why Klingon 
}cadets would be required to cut their hair. 

"toH, mangHom!  bIjaq 'e' DaQub'a'?  tIqtaHvIS jIblIj DaSuvrupDI' jIjatlh.
DaH mangHom neH SoH.  wej DaQ tIq Dabajpu' jay'. ... SIbI' mangHomvam jIb
tIchIpqu'!"

(jIb tIchIpqu': Why copy the English idea of having all the hairs on our
head be singular?  I think half the languages I know require the plural here).

qechmeylIj'e' tIvoq, Deborah.  DujlIj yIvoq.  
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