[tlhIngan Hol] Marc Okrand talking about DSC (spoilerfree)

[SuStel]

On 9/27/2017 7:08 PM, Felix Malmenbeck wrote:
>
> > But if you always do that, they're not really *mu'mey ru'.* You're taking the exceptions 
> to the
>
> > language and applying them generally, while telling yourself that you're not 
> really doing that.
>
> I don't really think that's true, unless it catches on in a big way 
> and starts being considered "correct" to some extent, or was treated 
> as an ordinary expression. It seems to match the definition of {mu'mey 
> ru'}:
>
>
> "Sometimes words or phrases are coined for a specific occasion, 
> intentionally violating grammatical rules in order to have an impact. 
> Usually these are never heard again, though some gain currency and 
> might as well be classified as slang. Klingon grammarians call such 
> forms {mu'mey ru'} ("temporary words")."
>
>
> I'll confess that when I first used this construction, I didn't 
> realize that it was ungrammatical, so that was just a {Qaghna'}. Now I 
> know, however, and intend to go on using it :)
>
If your "special occasion" is "anytime I want to use aspect and *-jaj,*" 
then the rule is completely abandoned. When would you /not/ do it?

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SuStel
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