tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed May 06 06:12:55 1998
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RE: MO about fork and spoon
> >> From: "Marc Okrand" <[email protected]>
> >>[...]
> >>The Klingon word for "spoon" is {baghneQ}. Even though
> >>spoons were never typically used when eating, the word
> >>appears to have been in the language for a long time,
> >>suggesting that it may once have meant something else. One
> >>theory is that it comes from {nagh beQ} "flat stone, flat
> >>rock" and that the initial sounds of the two words, {n} and
> >>{b}, were, for some reason, transposed. This is, however,
> >>just speculation.
>
> Oh. My. Goodness. He's gone and done it again. Transposing the
> initial sounds of the word for "spoon" indeed... aaarrrggghh!
It's quite possible that I would never have caught that if you hadn't
pointed it out. That's fabulous! I *actually* laughed out loud!
You must admit, the fact that Okrand gets such obvious joy out of toying
with us like this really does make it fun. {{:)
> -- ghunchu'wI'
--Holtej