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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: SuwomIy

DloraH ([email protected]) [Hol po'wI']



 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Felix Malmenbeck [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2014 16:01
> To: SuStel; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: SuwomIy
> 
> I suspect quljIb may be thinking of the Sami, who are 
> considered indigenous to northern Scandinavia and Finland.
> 
> "Sami" and "Suomi" may or may not be cognates. However, 
> Wikipedia would suggest linguists tend to lean toward "may not".
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland#Etymology
> 
> We used to get quite a lot of Finnish TV when I was a lod, 
> and it was always labeled "suomi". I remember I used to think 
> that this was Sami TV, since they sounded similar.
> 
> A {SuwomIyngan be'} plays Kahless in the Klingon battle opera 'u':
> http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SYlu2DJvPM4

nuq jatlh be'vetlh?  mu'Daj vIyajbe'.



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