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RE: News from Maltz

Michael Roney Jr, PKT ([email protected])



On Dec 7, 2010 17:04, Felix Malmenbeck <[email protected]> wrote: 
ghItlhta' Quvar, 
> Oh, you mean because "pocket" is pronounced like *paqet*, and {paq} 
> means "book", pronounced like {buq}...? I believe that's a bit farfetched. 
> In my opinion, Marc Okrand grabbed his TKD, saw the cover note on the 
> left, and thought "Oh, pocket books... then pocket is book, i.e. buq". 
> This is quite similar to Babe Ruth and Das Boot. 
Aye, there's probably some truth to that... ...but it's fun to retcon ;) 
loghaD 
>
>

Um, we've been saying for years that *paq* was a pun of "Pocket Books".

~naHQun

~Michael Roney, Jr.
Professional Klingon Translator
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