At 21:37 '?????' 6/16/2012, you wrote:
On 6/16/2012 11:03 PM, Robyn Stewart wrote:(If a child in school is a lousy speller, should another child who's also a lousy speller correct the first child's work, then insist that the class follow the first child's work as the correct way to spell?)Hey, Marc's not a lousy speller.He's also not a schoolchild. It was an illustrative analogy only.
I was following your analogy. I don't think he's a lousy Klingonist, either. He suffers from not having the entire vocabulary at his mental command, nor the practice at digging out the word that will express an idea, but that's to our advantage because he creates new words in that situation. And he sometimes slips on OVS--but that got us toasting grammar, so it's another win.
I think it's telling that the people who are most influenced by this idea are the ones who speak or have studied another language that uses perfective aspect. DaQtIq, bISaHtaH'a'?ben law' Do'Ha' maHvo' mejlaw'pu' DaQtIq.yIntaH, qar'a'?jISovbe'.
Sov'a' vay'?
nuvpu' law' vIleghqa' vIneH. jInajtaH. DISvam qep'a'Daq qaleghqa''a'?ghobe'. tlhoy jIQatHa'ba' 'ej jIleng 'e' vIpar.
qep'a'Daq maghoHbe'. 'InternetDaq neH qaS. Do'Ha' lenglIj vIQaQmoHbe'.- Qov
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