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Re: KLBC: nuqjatlh



jatlh Mark Paige:
>>>>
>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.
><<<
>
>A few confusing parts:
>
>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'


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