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Re: Word Origin Speculation II



> Picking up on SuStel's observation about "Sab", notice the word for 
> "stubborn" is "mul" (i.e. "mule").  I'm sure there are many other
examples 
> of these types of words that seem to be not such a stretch from English -

> words Okrand probably thought up around 2AM some morning.  It can't be
easy 
> to come up with 2,000+ words that don't sound like anything in other 
> languages.  I personally think the word for "beautiful" fits, in a
twisted 
> way, into this category (A terran might say "ick" or "icky" to describe 
> something which may seem "beautiful" to a klingon).
> 
> 'orqut
> 

This may be a bit of a stretch, but always that that *muD* for atmosphere,
was a commentary on atmospheric pollution.  Maybe, maybe not.

SuSvaj

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