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Re: new/old vs. young/old

David Trimboli ([email protected])

• From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: new/old vs. young/old
• Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 09:53:17 -0400
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From: <[email protected]>

> Saying {pem chu'} doesn't mean the same to me as {pem Qup}.
> 'New' describes the condition of the day (one that only recently came into
> existence.  'Young' describes a temporal position near the beginning of
the day.
>  Of course, it's not completely uncontroversial that a day can be young,
even
> metaphorically.

A day can be "young" *only* metaphorically.  In English.  Unless there's an
example I'm not aware of, whether this metaphor is valid in Klingon is
unknown.

Is there a question here, or are you just trolling?

SuStel
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