tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jul 20 10:49:39 2006
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Re: Klingon WOTD: notqa' (noun)
Voragh:
> >>HolQeD 10:4, p.4: {matlh juppu' mu'mey}. A large, black bird
> >>(nowhere near as large as a {qa'rol}, which is really big).
> >
> > PUNS:
> > On the TV show "Sesame Street" the character Big Bird is
> > played by actress Carroll Spinney.
Soqra'tIS:
>err....ACTOR nes pax?
Indeed, as a quick Google check would have shown:
Caroll Spinney, sometimes credited as Carroll Spinney or
Ed Spinney (born
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/December_26>December 26,
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/1933>1933 in
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Waltham%2C_Massachusetts>Waltham,
Massachusetts,
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/USA>USA) is a
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Puppeteer>puppeteer most famous for
playing <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Big_Bird>Big Bird and
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Oscar_the_Grouch>Oscar the Grouch on
the children's television show
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Sesame_Street>Sesame Street.
[ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carroll_Spinney ]
This just shows the dangers of uncritically copying-and-pasting comments
posted on the mailing list.
yIvoq 'ach yI'ol!
*Doveryai, no proveryai!* (Trust, but verify.)
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons