tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri May 17 13:07:13 1996
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Re: Murphy chut
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>Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 20:27:45 -0700
>From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
>SanQIb writes:
>>lo'laHqu'bogh Quj mI'mey moch pu'beH
>>( Actually it's really hard to translate 'A Smith&Wesson beats four aces')
>Vocabulary aside, I don't think {moch} "be superior" works this way.
>Try using {jey} "defeat" instead. At previous qep'a'mey, I believe
>some terms were coined for card games, but I don't know what they are.
"moch" isn't a verb. It's a noun, meaning "superior", as a captain to a
lieutenant, or sergeant to a private. The verb for "be superior" is "nIv."
~mark
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