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Re: Klingon WOTD: jey (verb)

Alan Anderson ([email protected])

• From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: jey (verb)
• Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:00:52 -0400
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On Oct 16, 2007, at 4:17 PM, Steven Boozer wrote:

> {jey} is not a noun but it is an element in the compound noun  
> {Doghjey}
> "unconditional surrender".  It's another of those noun + verb  
> compounds.

I'm confused.  Despite the introductory phrase, you still seems to be  
using {jey} as a noun.  How is {Doghjey} a noun + verb compound if  
both {Dogh} and {jey} are verbs?  For that matter, how is {Doghjey} a  
"compound noun" in the first place, since neither of its parts is a  
noun?

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