[335] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: wa'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Tue May 19 13:35:19 1992
Errors-To: tlhIngan-Hol-request@village.boston.ma.us
Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
From: jco@bbn.com
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Date: Tue, 19 May 92 12:53:25 -0400
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 19 May 92 07:18:16 CDT."
Multi-negatives were used in shakespearan english to mean much more
negitive. Word doubling is common in engish dialects too, the frist
one that pops to mind is the MIT hackers they would word double.
So I would guess there are Klingons that double negitives to mean more
negitive and those that don't. I would guess the more educated you
are the less likly you are to double. (It's a guess off the top of my
head. Based on engish. Maybe we should invert the rule just to be
different.) :-)
jco
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