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Re: Klingon WOTD: lung (noun)

Steven Boozer ([email protected])

• From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: lung (noun)
• Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 16:06:48 -0600
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Voragh:
> >  It's been suggested - largely on the basis of {lung} IIRC - that
> > Chinese is among the languages which Okrand knows. Has anyone noticed
> > any other possible Chinese puns in the vocabulary?

lay'tel:
>I wouldn't expect many puns based on Chinese, because the phonetics of the
>two languages are so different.

So puns like, say, *{beyjIng}, *{SangHay'}, *{Hongqong}, *{changchun} or 
*{taywan} aren't even possible?  <g>

You may be right, though.  AFAIK {lung} is the only one I've ever heard of.



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Voragh
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