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RE: {'e' rur}

jatlh qoror:

> 	verengan'e' SoH 'e' rur!
> 	It's as if you're a Ferengi!

{verengan'e' SoH} is okay: "You're a Ferengi."

{'e' rur} is not.  "It resembles that."  What is "it"?  We know that {'e'} 
"that" is supposed to refer to the previous sentence, but what exactly is the 
subject of the second sentence?  *What* resembles that?

The mysterious "it" doesn't work here.  You might consider: {verengan DaDataH} 
"You act like a Ferengi."  Or even {verengan Darur} "You resemble a Ferengi."  
However, I can't help feeling these sentence are weak; perhaps it would be 
more forceful would give more strength.  After all, there's the curse from 
KCD: {verengan Ha'DIbaH}.

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SuStel
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