tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Feb 22 22:12:42 1999
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Re: KLBC: 'Iv & nuq
In a message dated 2/23/99 12:43:16 AM Eastern Standard Time, sniper@t-
kagin.net writes:
<< Is it possible for the words {'Iv} and {nuq} to be used in sentences
that are not questions? I'm trying to translate Abbot and Costello's
'Who's on first' sketch (yes I know, I'm being silly again), and the
comedy value rapidly deteriorates if {'Iv} and {nuq} can only be used as
questions.
>>
As far as TKD, I recall these words acting as nouns for the purpose of
prefixes, but not saying they are nouns. That sketch is one of the funniest I
have ever seen by a comedian. RIght up there with "choppin' broccoli."
T'Lod