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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/10/2017 10:50 AM, nIqolay Q
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Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 7:05 AM, SuStel <span dir="ltr"><<a
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<p class="MsoNormal">I know what is going on in that
sentence. A crescendo. I understood it the first time
I saw it.<br>
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<div class="gmail_extra"><span class="gmail-translation">Is the
expression <b>beyHom bey bey'a'</b> generalizable?</span></div>
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<p>No idea. But that's a very different thing than saying nobody
understands what's going on with the phrase. About the <i>only</i>
think we don't know is whether it can be generalized.<br>
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<p>We do similar things in English, and I've never heard a formal
grammatical description of them (though one doubtless exists
somewhere). I am immediately reminded of this quotation from <i>Doctor
Who:</i></p>
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<p>That's right, yes, you're going. You've gone for ages, you've
already gone, you're still here, just arrived, haven't even met
you yet. It all depends on who you are and how you look at it.
Strange business, time.</p>
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<p>Or here's a headline I just came across:</p>
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<p>The Sights, The Sounds, The Sexiness Of The Alfa Romeo Giulia
Qaudrifoglio</p>
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<p>There are lots of things like this.</p>
<p>If someone were to write <b>Duj Do'a' Do DoHom vIjuv</b> for <i>I
measure the ship's deceleration,</i> would I balk? No. I might
even use it myself. Do I know for sure that it's right? No, but it
<i>feels</i> right, it doesn't violate any rules, and it is
unmistakable.<br>
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