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Re: Direct Address

• From: "Neal Schermerhorn" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Direct Address
• Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 00:55:53 -0400

ghItlh ter'eS:

>How do you render the phrase "X, son of Y, of the House of Z"?
>
>{X Y puqloD Z tuq} or {X Z tuq Y puqloD} ?

Marc Okrand's post on the MSN BBS:

>If you want to be even more formal, the name of the father may be used as
>well -- again, as you suggested.  "Kahlor, son of Kahlin, of the House of
>Molor" is "Kahlor, son of Kahlin, House of Molor":
>
>	qeylor qeylIn puqloD molor tuq

So it would be X Y puqloD (or puqbe') Z tuq. But I imagine that the other
would be understood and acceptable, unless the given form is 'traditional'.

Qermaq

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