tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed May 06 19:40:13 1998

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Re: MO about fork and spoon

At 09:39 AM 5/6/98 -0700, you wrote:
>According to Steven Boozer:
>> 
>> : > >>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
>
>Perhaps Qov's post already explained this for you or maybe you
>don't know what a spoonerism is. Most dictionaries will tell
>you. As I remember, Rev. Spooner's most famous example was
>"Someone is occupewing my pie," which is, in fact, not quite a
>spoonerism as we now know them. A better example is "You hissed
>the mystery lesson." or baghneQ, apparently...

My favorite to date comes from Lawrence.  "Don't sweat the petty things,
and don't pet the sweaty things."  You gotta love that.

SuSvaj


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