tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Apr 09 04:55:11 1997
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Re: BabelCon 2
- From: "Dr. Lawrence M. Schoen" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: BabelCon 2
- Date: Wed, 09 Apr 1997 07:52:47 -0700
Bill Willmerdinger wrote:
> >: > {'ampaS} as an example, he said that's exactly what he meant, and
> >: > he was happy somebody got that one.
Jim LeMaster asked:
> >: I couldn't find 'ampaS in my TKD...
> >: Can someone enlighten me, so that I can try to get the pun?
Steven Boozer responded:
> >'ampaS specialized school, academy (n) (Okrand in HolQeD 4.4; cf. yejHaD &
> >yej'an)
> >
> >(Not that I understand this joke either!)
Susan Farmer added:
> I always assumed it was a take-off on campus.
But I don't believe that's the joke. Look at it again, drop the initial glottal
stop and pretend it's an acronym. Then you ought to get the somewhat
recursive reference (or my name's not Oscar).
Lawrence
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