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Re: "never again"

• From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
• Subject: Re: "never again"
• Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 20:10:34 -0500

peHruS writes:
>>taghwI'pu' pabpo' jIH.  tlhIngan Hol lulo'chu'meH taghwI'pu' reH vIqeSqang.
>
>We have {muv} for "recruit."  May I use this word to apply to newbies?

If you want to convey the same sort of feeling the word "newbie" evokes,
I suggest using {chu'wI'}.

>In place of taghwI'pu', (initializers <> initiates).

That depends on whether you consider {tagh} to have a transitive or an
intransitive meaning here.  The intransitive {taghwI'} "beginner" is how
I use it.

-- ghunchu'wI'               batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj

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