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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Signs and symbols
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (De'vID)
Sat Nov 28 05:39:59 2015
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Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2015 11:39:41 +0100
From: "De'vID" <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com>
To: tlhIngan Hol mailing list <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
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qunnoQ HoD:
> signs and symbols rule the world ; not words nor laws
> confucius
Daj qechvam, 'ach qonbe'qu'pu' Confucius jay'!
It's not Confucius:
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/34igoy/is_the_confucius_quote_about_signs_and_symbols/
qunnoQ HoD:
> qo',luche',maQmey Deghmey je ;
maj. But why do you write commas between each part?
qunnoQ HoD:
> mu'meymo' che'lu'be',chutmeymo' che'lu'be'
> (signs and symbols rule the world ; not ruled because of words,not ruled
> because of laws)
Why not the simpler (and parallel): {qo' luche' maQmey Deghmey je;
[qo'] luche'be' mu'mey chutmey je}?
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