tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Nov 24 12:47:24 1996
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Re: KLBC:2 items
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>Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:21:38 -0800
>From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
>On Thu, 21 Nov 1996 20:40:04 -0800 "Mark E. Shoulson"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>> I tend to use the question-word in SAO constructions, though I readily
>> admit it is not canon nor attested.
>
>Nor is it necessary. That is my primary objection to it. I find
>it to be, like the question word "which", something I don't
>need. I do not find it difficult to work around the absence of
>using a question as the object of another verb.
I've seen your recastings, and I like them. I'm just not sure I can shake
the feeling that sooner or later Klingon WILL need something
general-purpose for this concept. But I could be wrong. It's happened
before. At least twice. I think.
>> Note also that charghwI' will likely make good points about casting things
>> more actively.
>
>Heh, heh, heh...
>
>I've become predictable.
The word I would have chosen is "dependable."
~mark
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