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Re: Neologisms

QeS 'utlh ([email protected])



ghItlhpu' Holtej, ja':
>we also have our own slang that was created out of necessity or humor.  
>Some
>coinages remain because they fill a need (HIlel);

jangpu' Philip, ja':
>I've heard of this one -- "sandwich", right?

HIchuH! mu'vetlh chenmoHlu'meH qaS nuq? chay' chen?

ja'taH Holtej:
>ngech).

jangpu' Philip, ja':
>What was canonised about this one? I presume the anatomical meaning
>was added to a word that already existed in canon, with a
>geographical/geological meaning? Or were both meanings thought up by
>speakers and later canonised by Okrand?

{ngech} "valley" is in TKD. According to the Wiki, Rachel Wyman (r'Hul) 
takes credit for the slang usage.

ja'taH Holtej:
>Sorry for the length.

jIHvaD Daj je. vuDlIj vIQoy reH 'e' vItIv.

QeS 'utlh
tlhIngan Hol yejHaD pabpo' / Grammarian of the Klingon Language Institute


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