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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/29/2019 3:05 PM, mayqel qunen'oS
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<div dir="auto">We have the verb {mer} for "surprise". In english,
does the verb "surprise", has an inherent positive or negative
meaning ?</div>
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<div dir="auto">Are both of the following acceptable ?</div>
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<div dir="auto">{muQuchmoH be'nalwI', mumerpu'}</div>
<div dir="auto">my wife surprised me, in order to make me happy</div>
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<div dir="auto">{romuluSnganpu' peqmeH tlhInganpu', merpu'}</div>
<div dir="auto">the klingons surprised the romulans in order to
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<p>English <i>surprise</i> is neither inherently positive nor
inherently negative. Without any evidence, I would not assume that
Klingon <b>mer</b> is either.<br>
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