tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Dec 27 10:57:32 1997
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Re: KLBC: Short and Easy [James]
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: Short and Easy [James]
- Date: Sat, 27 Dec 1997 13:55:19 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
- Priority: NORMAL
On Fri, 26 Dec 1997 17:19:39 -0800 (PST) Marian Schwartz
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Has anyone noticed that Okrand made a mistake in describing this
> expression? He described "You have [blown it]" as {bIvonlu'pu'}, not
> {Davonlu'pu'} which would be standard. Maybe it'll be backfitted later on
> (is it slang to the extent of not being used like originally?), but it was
> probably an error when it was written.
It would aid discussion of this greatly if you included a page
number so we can view the entire context of the remark. This is
why I record citations in my database. I really don't have time
to look up every mention like this while answering the KLBC
volume.
charghwI', taghwI' pabpo' ru'
Temporary Beginner's Grammarian, December 20-30