tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Feb 11 08:54:47 1997
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Re: Word Origin Speculation II
- From: David Barron <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Word Origin Speculation II
- Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 09:54:44 -0700 (MST)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "Mark E. Shoulson" at Feb 11, 97 08:23:00 am
>
> In skimming mail ahead of where I am now, I see there's a fair amount of
> harshness over "this is Glen's imagination!" and silliness like that. I
> don't really see what the big deal is. Glen *says* it's speculation, and
> besides, it isn't really the point. Did Okrand really think *all* these
> things that Glen speculates? Consciously? I suspect not; many of them are
> pretty far-fetched. Unconsciously? Also probably not. I've spoken with
> Glen; he's very big on mnemonics and very good at coming up with ways of
> making Klingon words (or whatever) relate to something else to give it a
> better memory hook. Some of his mnemonics may be pretty stretched for most
> people, but some are quite accessible (and the really far-fetched ones are
> often very effective too, simply because they are so far-fetched). It
> helps when you know as many languages and roots as Glen. At any rate, does
> it really *matter* if Okrand didn't think all these? They're still really
> cool correspondences, accidental or intentional, and can be mighty helpful
> in remembering what for me is the toughest part of Klingon: the
> vocabulary. Glen never said he knew Okrand's mind in this, he said he was
> speculating; let a man speculate a little
jIQochbe'.
chaq Glen wIparHa'qu' 'ach vay' nuHaDmoHlaH.
>
> >2) Reversies. That is, forming synonyms or antonyms by saying the words
> >backwards: megh = lunch, ghem = midnight snack, puq = child, Qup = young,
> >mol = tomb, lom = corpse, noj = lend, jon = capture, SIm = calculate, mIS =
> >confusion.
My fav is <<ghop>> "hand" and its palendrome <<pogh>> "glove".
I am surprised Glen hasn't mentioned that.
david
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