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Re: Klingon WOTD: jaw (v)

David Trimboli ([email protected])

• From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: jaw (v)
• Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 23:04:15 -0500
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From: "Steven Boozer" <[email protected]>

> >This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Thursday, December 18, 2003.
> >
> >Klingon word:   jaw
> >Part of Speech: verb
> >Definition:     chat
>
> Never used in canon.
>
> Many have remarked on the alliterative similarity of {jaw} "chat" to the
> verbs {jach} "scream, cry out"; {jang} "answer, reply"; {jat} "speak
> incoherently, mumble" (slang); {jatlh} "say, speak"; {ja'} "tell, report"
> and {ja'chuq} "discuss".  All are verbs of speech beginning with /ja-/ and
> *may* be etymologically related to the noun {jat} "tongue".

You forgot to mention the pun of this word: in English slang, "to jaw" means
to gossip.

SuStel
Stardate 3967.6

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