tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jul 15 05:44:04 1997

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Re: KLBC: Good bye (for now) and thanks!

• From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: KLBC: Good bye (for now) and thanks!
• Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 07:42:47 -0500
• In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>

ja' SuStel:
>> not batlhlIj' HurghchoHbe'jaj !
>> May your honor never grow dim!
>
>You've used a double-negative here, which doesn't belong.  You've also
>misordered the sentence.

The sentence order in a toast like this is problematic anyway.  Ritual
toasts seem to put the subject before the verb instead of after it.  I
wouldn't count this line as a ritual toast, but I wanted to point out
the potential for confusion.

-- ghunchu'wI'

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