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RE: An interesting Scrabble idea




ghunchu'wI'vo':

> If we were using *my* Scrabble set, I wouldn't permit it. :-)
> 
> >...{qIjDaq} [is] a perfectly legal word when it's preceeded by a
> >noun, so would it be considered a legal word in its own right?
> 
> It's *only* a valid word in combination with a preceding noun.  I don't
> consider it to have an independent meaning.  I might have to think this
> through a bit, though; {-bogh} has a similar problem in that a headless
> relative clause doesn't make sense either.

True enough in Klingon, but not as a generalization.  "Can I help who's next?" is a relative clause with no (a null) head noun.  (I love the term 'headless relative'!)

> -- ghunchu'wI'

--Holtej


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