tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jan 17 07:32:05 1996
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Re: Okrand's "Academy"
- From: Susan Farmer <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Okrand's "Academy"
- Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 10:32:55 -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
>
>
*sigh* does anybody else have the same problem in missing the initial '
when " are used? my eyes translate "'ampas" into "ampas" *sigh*
It's the bifocals. Yeah, that's it. :-(
tevram