tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Apr 06 18:20:07 1997
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Re: Scout Promise from BSA
- From: "Mark E. Shoulson" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Scout Promise from BSA
- Date: Sun, 6 Apr 1997 21:20:01 -0400 (EDT)
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]> (message fromMarian Schwartz on Thu, 3 Apr 1997 19:02:29 -0800 (PST))
>Date: Thu, 3 Apr 1997 19:02:29 -0800 (PST)
>From: Marian Schwartz <[email protected]>
>
>ghItlh SI'IluD
>>'e' vIlay'qu'
>>this I promise
>
>>I know that I have a problem at the end. I want the 'e' to cover everything
>>above. I don't think that I accomplished that.
>
>I just thought of something interesting. If <'e'> is really a pronoun, would
>there be anything restricting one from saying <'e'mey vIlay'qu'?> --qoror
To me, anyway, *any* suffixes AT ALL on 'e' make my flesh creep. I don't
really have a problem with the use of 'e' for multiple referents, though.
As to pluralizing it, pronouns aren't like regular nouns in ALL respects.
Would you say "*SoHpu'" or "*'oHmey" or "*jIHpu'"? I didn't think so.
~mark