[tlhIngan Hol] mutpu' or mutmey ?

Anthony Appleyard a.appleyard at btinternet.com
Thu Dec 29 22:17:22 PST 2016


How does this query apply to birds such as parrots, which repeat speech but do not know what it means? Or to animals that have a complicated repertoire of noises which can convey various meanings?
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Date : 30/12/2016 - 04:57 (GMTST)
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Subject : Re: [tlhIngan Hol] mutpu' or mutmey ?
Both {qorDu'wI'} and {qorDu'lI'} also appear in the paq'batlh, as well as {qorDu'wIj}. A difference I notice is that {-wI'} and {-lI'} are used for the living (or those who can conceivably be rescued from Gre'thor), and {-wIj} is used for those who are certainly dead, or possibly for speaking of family in a general way that includes the dead as well as the living.
The capable-of-speech examples:
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