> [...] Even if the story's premise is true, human beings still
> have more genetic code in common with an oak tree than with a
> Cardassian. This explanation raises even more questions and
> impossibilities than it answers. [...]
chay' SpockvaD Sorpuq 'Iw HIj Amanda chI'ID?
I think this was just a coincidence, but because of the sentence about "an oak tree", and the previous discussion about compounds, I read {Sorpuq} as "treechild" instead of "copper", and got momentarily confused about why Amanda's uterus should be carrying oak tree blood. (I also misread {'Iw HIj} as {'Iw HIq} at first.)
That's a point in favour of refraining from making compound nouns.
(And if you did it on purpose, well done.)
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