tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Apr 04 07:52:18 2008
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Re: {lor} (WOTD)
- From: "Mark J. Reed" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: {lor} (WOTD)
- Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 06:09:30 -0400
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On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 11:51 PM, Alan Anderson <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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.
Ah! "Henry" backwards instead of "Ernie", "Oz" instead of "Tommy". Or
perhaps both.
> 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.
teHba'! DaH Huv.
> 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.
HIvqa' veqlargh! jIqImbe'; mu' Hal vItu'be'.
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Mark J. Reed <[email protected]>
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