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Re: {lor} (WOTD)

Alan Anderson ([email protected])

• From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: {lor} (WOTD)
• Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 23:51:11 -0400
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On Apr 1, 2008, at 8:48 AM, Mark J. Reed wrote:
> Ok, {'IrneH} and {'e'mam} are clearly puns on "Uncle Ernie" and
> "Auntie Mame",...

I'm pretty sure {'IrneH} (uncle, mother's brother) and {me'} (aunt,  
mother's sister) are Wizard of Oz references.

> but is there any such hidden meaning in the word {lor}?

I wouldn't be surprised if {tey'} and {lor} (cousin, niece, nephew)  
were a nod to one of Marc Okrand's relatives by the name of Taylor.   
We know he's put people's names in the vocabulary before.

> TKD predates any possible reference to Lore,..

These and other kinship words were introduced to us in HolQeD #35,  
the September 2000 issue.  That was 2 1/2 years after the episode  
"Datalore" first aired.

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