tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Mar 11 14:10:34 1997
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Re: KLBC: nuqjatlh
jatlh Mark Paige:
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>mu'tlheghbej 'oHbe'mo' "Epidemes paradox" 'oHbe' mu'thleghlIj, 'ej 'oS'egh
>'oH (It isn't self-referential). <<rghIlb HbQIng Hobjob> rap <mu'tlheghvam
>yajlaHbe'lu'>> jIjatlh 'e' rur mu'tlheghlIj. teHlaw' 'oH, 'ach DabuSDI',
>teHHa'bej je' Dap 'oH 'e' Dalegh.
>
>Your sentence isn't a sentence, so it doesn't refer to itself, and thus is
>not paradoxical, but simply nonsense.
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>
>A few confusing parts:
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>Isn't <bej> only allowed on verbs? I don't think <mu'tlheghbej> is correct.
Right, I should have used <-na'>.
>Is there a missing <be'> in <'ej 'oS'egh 'oH> (i.e. <'ej 'oSbe''egh 'oH>
Right, I forgot to stick it in.
>What is the <<rghIlb HbQIng Hobjob> rap <mu'tlheghvam yajlaHbe'lu'>> doing?
>Is it to provide an example of nonsense?
That sentence is <It's like if I said "'sdalkg fsdlj' means 'this sentence
makes no sense.'">
>SI'IluD
>wa'Hu' jIboghbe'
Is this from Dune? Shai Halud, or whatever, the worms?
-HurghwI'