tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jan 17 06:50:34 1996
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Re: Okrand's "Academy"
- From: Susan Farmer <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Okrand's "Academy"
- Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 09:51:23 -0500
>From: Jon Van Hoose <[email protected]>
>Subject: Okrand's "Academy"
>
>Greetings, all.
>
>I was just looking over my copy of HolQeD 4:4, and noted what I think
>might be another Okrandian "joke" in the tradition of "tlhaq" for
>"chronometer" and "Sap" for "volunteer" (cf. Schoen in HolQeD 1:2,p.6).
>The new word provided here by Okrand for "academy" is "'ampaS". I
>thought this looked a bit familiar, and suddenly realized that the
>"Academy" of "Academy Awards" fame is, in fact, AMPAS: Academy of Motion
>Picture Arts and Sciences.
>
OOOOooooooh! Our very *first* word beginning with a Vowel!! :-)
Are there any *other* new words for those of us too broke to subscribe?
(The husband got laid off the day before thanksgiving ... :-( )
tevram