tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Feb 01 16:02:18 1995
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Spoonerism.
- From: Joel Anderson <[email protected]>
- Subject: Spoonerism.
- Date: Wed, 1 Feb 1995 18:01:00 -0600
I don't claim this as a "good" spoonerism... but spoonerisms aren't
always good English, either.
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There was once a very timid, nebbishy little Klingon - kind of a
Klingon Barclay, if you will. Once, when he was in his cups, he
nervously told a fellow warrior that when he was nervous he screamed.
Hard as this was to confess he meant to say:
boH'a' vIjach
But instead stammered out:
joH'a' vIbach
Claiming to have shot the great lord he immediately was hailed as a
mighty warrior and eventually became the head of a great house. Sort
of a Klingon "little tailor".
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Yes - I realize that the verb prefix should have been jIjach - but
perhaps his being tipsy affected his grammatical sense?
boH'a' vIjach
V: boH'a': (yes/no)? be impatient.
V: vIjach: I-him/her/it/them scream, cry out, shout, yell.
joH'a' vIbach
N: joH'a': big lord.
V: vIbach: I-him/her/it/them shoot.