tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jul 31 22:23:13 1997
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Re: Language jokes show English speaking bias...
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Language jokes show English speaking bias...
- Date: Fri, 1 Aug 97 02:59:43 UT
[email protected] on behalf of Robyn Stewart wrote:
> onomatopoiea
> tlhutlh
> tlhuH
> 'oy'
This is more like a Yiddish joke, though it can also be considered an
onomatopoeia.
> 'aw'
> ghagh
> voQ
> HIq (a hiccup)
> tlhup
You think {tlhup} is an onomatopoeia?
> ghup
Oooh, there's LOTS more than that!
A few:
SuS
yay'
SIS
yIH
yIQ
pIw
'argh
'ugh
'uH
Note that these are *Klingon* onomatopoeias, (onomatopoeii?), not necessarily
human ones. {'IH} and {'Iw} would not appear on this list, for example.
These are kinda hard to think of offhand, but they're my favorites.
> probably just me
> moD - There is a band called Depeche Mode and depeche means hurry in
> French.
Hmmm . . . you might be onto something.
> tut - Tutankhamen - king of an ancient culture that didn't use
> columns, but which Qov studied in the same grade as she studied Greek
> history.
Definitely just you.
> Sab - Saab - car my friend once bought for a dollar that
> turned out to be worth at least ten times that
No just you. At this year's qep'a' I meant to ask Marc Okrand if he ever had,
or knew someone who had, an old Saab in need of repair. Unfortunately, I
forgot. Perhaps I'll post that question to MSN . . .
--
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
Stardate 97582.8