tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Feb 06 09:54:58 1997
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Re: Word Origin Speculation II
- From: "eric d. zay" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Word Origin Speculation II
- Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 12:59:56 -0500
> Picking up on SuStel's observation about "Sab", notice the word for
> "stubborn" is "mul" (i.e. "mule"). I'm sure there are many other
examples
> of these types of words that seem to be not such a stretch from English -
> words Okrand probably thought up around 2AM some morning. It can't be
easy
> to come up with 2,000+ words that don't sound like anything in other
> languages. I personally think the word for "beautiful" fits, in a
twisted
> way, into this category (A terran might say "ick" or "icky" to describe
> something which may seem "beautiful" to a klingon).
>
> 'orqut
>
This may be a bit of a stretch, but always that that *muD* for atmosphere,
was a commentary on atmospheric pollution. Maybe, maybe not.
SuSvaj