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[tlhIngan Hol] lojmItmey yISam
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Philip Newton)
Wed Aug 16 02:47:07 2017
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From: Philip Newton <philip.newton@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 08:46:44 +0200
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Someone recently used {yIvoq 'ach lojmItmey yISam}.
At first, I corrected the writer with {tISam} but was then told it was
a quote from TKW:
yIvoq 'ach lojmItmey yISam
Trust, but locate the doors. TKW (sic for {tISam})
Has this usage ever been explained?
Was it a typographical error by the booksetter? A thinko by the
author? Is it a survivor of older Klingon grammar? Or an innovation by
some Klingons like {puqpu' tu'lu'}, similar to "Who did you see?" in
English?
Should the prefix be corrected to {tISam} when quoting the proverb? Or
should the proverb be quoted as written down?
Cheers,
Philip
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Philip Newton <philip.newton@gmail.com>
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