tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu May 16 09:16:56 1996

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Re: Phonology & surroundings

At 09:06 AM 5/14/96 -0700, Doy'wI' wrote:

>according to Dr. Maciej St. Zieba:
>>Only Marc Okrand (reH yInjaj! 'ej reH najtaHvIS qeylIS ghomjaj!) can
>>resolve our dispute. You can't convince me, I probably can't convince you.
>
>Now where have I heard this before?  I seem to recall that the last
>two times this sentiment was uttered, the posters were in the final
>stages of terminal irrationality.  Having fixated on a rather shaky
>theory, they went to great lengths to disagree with every argument
>presented against their point of view, claimed that only Marc Okrand
>Himself could convince them they were wrong, and finally left the list
>in disgrace rather than admit that they had taken a small idea well
>beyond its reasonable limits.

I've read this mail since it was a small mail, (c;{{{, his arguments have
been as valid as the ones you and others used against his theory. I myself
tend to agree with Maciej, his arguments have been, mabye vague at some
times, but never straying from his original theory. The ones used against
his argument have all come from other languages, thus neither refuting nor
dispelling his argument.

Qapla'

beHwI"av

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