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RE: bIH chaH ghap



jatlh qoror:

> ja' SuSvaj
> >"Android" vIghItlhmeH *yoqqoq* vImaS<
> 
> That's not very accurate.  Couldn't *yoqqoq* also mean an energy being
> temporarily in the shape of a human, or, for that matter, a shape-shifter 
like
> Odo?  --qoror

I think you're missing the point.

{yoq} "humanoid"
{qoq} "robot"
{-qoq} "so-called"

{yoqqoq} means both "humanoid-robot" and "so-called humanoid."  Since it's an 
android, it's not exactly a humanoid, since it's a machine.  {yoqqoq} is an 
exceedingly clever word.

-- 
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
Stardate 97206.6


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