tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jul 29 20:35:02 1997
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Re: Language jokes show English speaking bias...
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Language jokes show English speaking bias...
- Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 23:35:07 -0400 ()
- Priority: NORMAL
On Mon, 28 Jul 1997 17:23:08 -0700 (PDT) Robyn Stewart
<[email protected]> wrote:
> People seem to want a list of joke words or possible joke words or
> words with silly mnemonics...
Here's my comments for what they are worth [charghwI']
> Klingon word - word reminiscent of - explanation
>
> baS - bash - sound that metal makes when you hit it
I thought instead of "base metal".
> nop - NOP - assembler instruction that represents no operation
Nice, but Okrand isn't really the computer type. I think "nope",
which is American slang for "no".
> waq - whack - think Krushchev
I think "walk", which is what I do in shoes.
> mung - monkey - controversial point in Darwin's Origin of Species
I think "mung bean" from which the plant grows.
> mon - moan - opposite
Or Mona Lisa. Is she smiling? mon'a'?
> be' - babe
Or just negative. {{:)>
> toD - toad - needs kissing to be rescued from evil spell
Or "towed". Rescued from a dead car.
> lay' - lie - opposite
Opposite? Not in MY experience it's not!
> probably just me
> moD - There is a band called Depeche Mode and depeche means hurry in
> French.
Cool.
> Whatever.
>
> - Qov
Any advice you give to help memorize vocabulary is worth listing
to, since you clearly have a better grasp of the vocabulary than
the vast majority of us.
charghwI'