tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Aug 04 14:05:18 1999
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Re: *muSHa'* yImuSHa'!
On Wed, 4 Aug 1999, SuSvaj wrote:
> At 09:38 AM 8/4/99 -0400, you wrote:an their opposites.
> >
> >I've actually made the opposite argument - that is, that the absence of a
> >verb for "to love" indicates a society so brimming over with love that
> >they don't even consider the need for a word for it. (Do fish have a word
> >for water?)
>
> They have a noun meaning love, "parmaq". Therefore they obviously do see a
> need to verbalize the concept. Besides, how can you right love poetry
> without the proper words?
Indeed. I had advanced the argument before we learned of the noun for
love.
joel anderson * http://members.aol.com/JPKlingon * [email protected]
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