tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Aug 22 07:41:59 2012
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: buq
>>> Klingon word: buq
>>> Part of speech: noun
>>> Definition: bag, sack, pouch, pocket
Voragh:
>> PUN:
>> Pocket Books. Cf. also {paq} "book"!
Christopher Kidder:
> I might suggest that the pun is there as the first part
> of "Bookbag" in the same was that the pun for DaS is the
> first part of "Das Boot"
A double pun is certainly possible, although I'd point out that "Pocket Books" (a division of Simon & Schuster) is Okrand's publisher (TKD, TKW, KGT, etc.).
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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