Re: Monster verb construction - does this work?

[JWalker671@aol.com]

In a message dated 2/10/99 9:15:03 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
joela@nts.umn.edu writes:

> I ... doubt it even expresses a coherent thought ... 
>  
>     bIHup'eghnISbe'qa'moHlaHbejtaHneS'a'

I understand it to mean:

‘Sir/madam, is it certain that you can still make it unnecessary to punish
yourself
again?’
 
For example, you *might* say this to someone who (like Oedipus) thought it was
necessary to punish himself once, and is doing his best not to have to do it
again.

--jey'el