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Re: Analysis of new Skybox cards



Alan Anderson wrote:
> 
> ja' Qob la':
> >qastaHvIS *Star Trek V*, *Enterprise-A* meqDaq ghumqa'DI' ghum Doq, ja'
> >*Scotty*: "Dochvam vItI'lI' neH jay'!"
> 
> "I am merely in the process of repairing this $#@% thing!"
> 
> nuqjatlh?  Dochvam ja'be'bej *Scotty*!

lu', wot mojaq muj vIlo' 'e' vIlegh.  jagh DajeymeH nIteb DaSuvrup!
 
> I remember the line as "I just fixed the bloody thing!"
> {neH} is the wrong kind of "just" here.
> 
> <SIbI' Dochvetlh vItI'ta' jay'!> ja'.

Hmm.  It never occured to me to use {SIbI'}.  I can see how it works,
though if I had thought it through that way I'd probably have used
{DaH}.

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