tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jul 10 10:18:48 2004
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Re: pizza
From: "Philip Newton" <[email protected]>
> On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 10:48:20 -0400, David Trimboli <[email protected]>
wrote:
> > At a qep'a' a few years ago, we asked Marc Okrand about this, and he
said
> > that {chab} would work for this. The word means any baked bread or
crust
> > sort of food. So, doughnuts are {chab}, turnovers are {chab}, and pizza
is
> > {chab}. Mince pie would be {chab}. Bagels are {chab}.
>
> Ooh, spiffy.
>
> Is bread itself also {chab}?
>
> Then I wouldn't have to use {tIr Soj} (was that the unofficial word
> someone came up with? something like that).
I don't know, but {chab} doesn't equal "bread." Don't expect your audience
to know what kind of {chab} you mean unless you say it. You may be talking
about a hamburger bun, but I'm going to wonder why you're putting meat into
your apple turnovers.
SuStel
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