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RE: KLBC Buy me a drink



jatlh SuStel:
>The solution: either name the drink: {HIqwIj qIj yIDIl!}, or use an {'e'} 
>sentence: {jItlhutlh 'e' yIDIl!}  There's no reason that there *has* to be a 
>noun for "drink."  Maybe there even is, but it has not been revealed.

I realize that there was a little discussion about this recently, but I'm
still not comfortable with <jItlhutlh 'e' yIDIl>. To me this means "Buy that
I drink." Not buy so that I drink, though. It just doesn't make any sense to
me. When you use 'e' you refer to the whole previous sentence as a phrase or
thought. You can "think it," or "disagree with it," or whatever, but you
can't "buy it." It just doesn't sit right. Anyway, what about <jItlhutlhmeH
yIDIl>?

-HurghwI'



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