Vampires are not dead. They are undead. ‘Iw tlhutlhnISbogh HeghHa’wI’pu’ chaH. And, it’s not altogether certain that they need to breathe. I mean, what would happen if they couldn’t breathe? Would they die? If killing them were that easy, why bother with sunlight, or a stake to the heart? Just gas the suckers. Have you ever seen a vampire movie where the solution was to gas them? charghwI’ vaghnerya’ngan rInpa’ bomnIS be’’a’ pI’.
On Feb 10, 2021, at 11:03 AM, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
Agreed. I was recasting the idea, not the specific grammar. It’s not like you can breathe while being dead (except for vampires).
Voragh
From: tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol-bounces@lists.kli.org <mailto:tlhingan-hol-bounces@lists.kli.org>> On Behalf Of De'vID
On Tue, 9 Feb 2021 at 18:59, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu <mailto:sboozer@uchicago.edu>> wrote: So to re-cast your first example, I would see nothing wrong with: Suvlu'taHvIS batlh potlh law' yIn potlh puS [or] Suvlu'taHvIS batlh potlh law' tlhuH potlh puS
But neither of these express "breath(ing) while living".
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