tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 23 04:10:08 2006
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Re: Neologisms
- From: "QeS 'utlh" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Neologisms
- Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 22:09:30 +1000
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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
not nItoj Hemey ngo' juppu' ngo' je
(Old roads and old friends will never deceive you)
- Ubykh Hol vIttlhegh
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