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Re: the "prefix trick"

• From: Quvar valer <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: the "prefix trick"
• Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 10:21:03 +0100
• In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>

Voragh:
>SoHvaD matlh vIpong
>"I call you Maltz" becomes {matlh qapong}

>I'm not sure about his first example ({pong} "call, name" is a very odd 
>verb), but the second is kosher.

Maybe a better example using {pong} is

  {jIHvaD matlh yIpong}
  "Call me Maltz"

  {lu', matlh qapong}
  "Okay, I'll call you Maltz"

Another one, from the skybox cards:
  {roD 'oHvaD juHqo' ponglu' neH} 
  "It (Kronos) is usually referred to as simply "The Homeworld."

Quvar
  ghojwI'pu'lI' tISaH

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