Re: maleng

["William H. Martin" <whm2m@server1.mail.virginia.edu>]

I really enjoyed reading most of this. I have one stylistic 
comment on something that you do here because it confuses me 
about who is doing what. I know that I can be easily 
misinterpreted in plain ASCII, so I feel a need to be very clear 
in my disclaimer:

THIS IS NOT A CORRECTION. I INTEND NO INSULT. I DO NOT CHALLENGE 
YOUR SKILL WITH THE LANGUAGE. THIS POST IS, WITH A COUPLE MINOR 
EXCEPTIONS, VERY CLEARLY STATED AND ELEGANTLY EXPRESSED.

Okay?

Meanwhile, with at least five episodes of something like {<verb> 
'ej <verb> <subject>}, with the subject referring to both 
verbs, often with long phrases stretching this out even 
further, as a stylistic point, it is like fingernails on a 
chalkboard. It sounds as awkward as an English, "They enjoyed 
the play and the visitors promised to come again," instead of 
"The visitors enjoyed the play and promised to come again."

I've decided not to go through and point out these instances, 
since to whatever extent I'll regret this commentary, I'm sure 
to even more regret it if I get down to specifics.

It is SO much easier to read if you either simply repeat the 
subject, or state it for the first verb and omit it for the 
second one, instead of ALWAYS waiting to place it after the 
second verb, as you've done at every available opportunity in 
this post.

charghwI' 'utlh, taking a chill pill

On Mon, 22 Feb 1999 23:51:20 -0800 (PST) JWalker671@aol.com 
wrote:

> wa'Hu' ram *Savannah*vo' machegh.   HoS 'ej bIr SuS, 'ej rut SIS, 'ach
> maSaHbe': wej jajmeyvam DItIvbej.  reH Soj 'eychu' lujabbogh Qe'mey wISamlaH. 
> 
> *Ireland* QoQ wIQoy 'e' wItIv je; motlh vengvamDaq nom Samlu'.   'ach
> qaStaHvIS jajmeyvam Qu'vam ngeD law' qaStaHvIS latlh jajmey Qu'vam ngeD puS.
> qatlh?  loSHu' tagh *Ireland* QoQ yupma', 'ej cha'Hu' rIn yupma'.  QoQ much
> ghommey law' Sovchu'bogh 'ej parHa'chu'bogh QoywI'pu'.  ngoDmeyvam DIlaDpu'mo'
> DISov, 'ach yupma' wISuchbe'.  wejHu' *Kevin Barry's Pub*Daq wa' *Ireland*ngan
> QoQ muchwI' wIlegh 'ej wIQoy.  Dun 'ej yap ghaH.  
> 
> wa'Hu' *St. John's Cathedral* wISuch.  qen Hegh wa' jupma', 'ej vengvam
> chIrghvam je parHa'qu' ghaH.   jupma'vaD weQ meQmoH 'e' neH be'nalwI'.
> DISvam qach Dubqu'lu'taH.   Hewmey, nagh beQmey, tutmey, pa' reDmey, tlhoy'mey
> je DIjqa'taH po'wI'pu'.   pIj qaStaHvIS nungbogh DISmey qachvam wISuchDI',
> 'IHqu' 'ej le'qu' qach 'e' wIlegh.   DaH lupovqu'choHmoHtaH 'ej patlh veb
> luchav.   nIpIlmoHchugh Seghvam Dochmey, chIrghvam DanuD 'e' vIchupqu'.
> 
> --jey'el