tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed May 06 08:04:55 1998
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RE: MO about fork and spoon
- From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: MO about fork and spoon
- Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 10:03:49 -0500 (CDT)
: > >>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!
:
: > -- ghunchu'wI'
:
: 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. {{:)
:
: --Holtej
ghay'cha'! qIDDaj DaQIj 'e' vItlhob.
It may be because I haven't had my qa'vIn this morning, but I just don't get
it. Is this a reference to some brand name of cutlery?
Voragh