tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Apr 27 06:20:17 2004
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Re: De'wI' mu'mey
From: "Alan Anderson" <[email protected]>
> ja' De'vID:
> >Only one canon computer part that I can think of:
> ><SoSbor> "motherboard".
>
> Don't make the mistake of confusing the joke with the word's meaning!
>
> The Bird of Prey poster lists {De'wI' SoSbor'a'} "Main Computer Core".
The
> "motherboard" interpretation is merely a recognition of the pun, akin to
> seeing the "short and stout" reference in {runpI'} "teapot". It isn't
what
> the word actually means.
The new words list and pojwI' both list /SoSbor/ as "motherboard." I
thought it was odd that the joke was also the definition. If the word comes
from /De'wI' SoSbor'a'/ "main computer core," then we have to consider that
/SoSbor/ is the word for "core." Alternatively, it could be some technical
word for whatever it is that a computer core is, though it's odd that
/De'wI'/ needs to be included in the phrase.
SuStel
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