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Re: Big Enterprise



In a message dated 96-06-29 01:23:13 EDT, you write:

>SuStel writes:
>>>  {enterpray'a'} (captions: "Enterprise?")
>>
>>I believe this was a way of saying something like, "Enterprise, eh?"  Or
>>imagine a cartoon where a character is puzzled, and you see a word bubble
>>with a big question mark in it.  In either case, I don't believe the {'a'}
>is
>>attached to {entepray'}.
>
>An interesting idea; using the verb suffix {-'a'} as an independent word
>could be an appropriate way to vocalize the cartoon question mark.

Personally, I do not know what the Klingon word for Enterprise is.  My point
here is:  Why can't a Klingon word end in the syllable -'a' as part of the
word, not a suffix at all?

peHruS


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