tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jul 22 12:16:36 1997
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Re: vegh
- From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: vegh
- Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 14:14:36 -0500 (CDT)
: And, on a grammatical note: Can we use vegh to describe the passage (and
: implicit transformation) of food through a digestive tract? People are
: basically toroidal, so on a purely physical level it would appear to
: work. Could I say:
: loD vegh Soj nonqu'
: and *not* have it taken metaphorically? Just a thought.
:
: Lawrence
Didn't you already ask Okrand this? HetaQ wrote:
> Also concerning [vegh]; Lawrence asked "like shit through a goose?" (or
> some similar example), to which Okrand held up four fingers and replied
> "Four." (as in a fourth word for "through").
Or is there some distinction that escapes me?
Voragh