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Re: long sentence (was Re: pu'jIn)

Christopher Doty ([email protected])

From: Christopher Doty <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: long sentence (was Re: pu'jIn)
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:57:13 -0800
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German does have some doozies...

Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän
"Danube steamship company captain"

Bezirksschornsteinfegermeister
"head district chimney sweep"

And, my favorite:

Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz
"beef labeling regulation & delegation of supervision law"

On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 12:48, Lieven Litaer <[email protected]> wrote:
> ja' SuStel:
>> So how well do you handle long strings of genitive nouns in Klingon?
>
> I don't know, I've never tried or counted that...
>
> jIjatlhtaHvIS DIp tlha'wI'mey vIlo'be' 'e' vInID.
>
> Qatlhbe'bej tlhIngan Duj HoD targh pong. 'ach tInchoHDI' mu'tlhegh, vaj chaq QatlhchoH wanI'.
> munuQbej tlhIngan wo' Duj HoD be'nI' targh Soj pong, 'ach munuQ je "the name of the food of the klingon empire's ship's Captains' sister's dog" - isn't it?
>
> There's still a difference between saying it an writing it down...
>
> Quvar.
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References:
- RE: pu'jIn
  - From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
- Re: pu'jIn
  - From: Christopher Doty <[email protected]>
- Re: pu'jIn
  - From: David Trimboli <[email protected]>
- Re: pu'jIn
  - From: Christopher Doty <[email protected]>
- Re: pu'jIn
  - From: David Trimboli <[email protected]>
- Re: pu'jIn
  - From: Christopher Doty <[email protected]>
- Re: pu'jIn
  - From: "ghunchu'wI'" <[email protected]>
- long sentence (was Re: pu'jIn)
  - From: "Lieven Litaer" <[email protected]>
- Re: long sentence (was Re: pu'jIn)
  - From: David Trimboli <[email protected]>
- Re: long sentence (was Re: pu'jIn)
  - From: "Lieven Litaer" <[email protected]>

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