tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Feb 23 20:26:22 1997
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Re: Memory Prime
>Joel Peter Anderson wrote:
>> Then the barkeep, a surly fellow, spits in front of the character, who
>> dabs at the spittle with a cloth, and raises it to touch his forhead.
>> Alarmed at an action that would signify there betrothal, the barkeep
>> hurriedly shouts:
>>
>> "ghobe'! ghobe'!"
>
>Why not {Qo'!}? I thought {ghobe'} was `no' as in `that's not true',
>as opposed to {Qo'} `don't do that'.
>
>--'Iwvan
We've been through this before, a little over a year ago. Check the
prior discussion in the list archives, starting with this note by Joel:
http://www.kli.org/cgi-bin/mfs/1996/Jan96/0137.html
-- ghunchu'wI'