tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jul 23 10:24:28 1997
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Re: Other tidbits, WAS: RE: vegh
- From: "Mark E. Shoulson" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Other tidbits, WAS: RE: vegh
- Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 13:24:25 -0400 (EDT)
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]> (message from Chet Braun onMon, 21 Jul 1997 18:23:22 -0700 (PDT))
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>Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 18:23:22 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Chet Braun <[email protected]>
>
>>> Voragh
>>> P.S. Were there any other tidbits Okrand passed along at qep'a' or was
>he there just to play?
>
>I asked him about the origins of the verbs "to marry" for a man and a
>woman. I don't know if anyone else on the list thought of this but he
>confirmed that [Saw] came from "Sure" with a Southern drawl and [nay] from
>"no". A bit sexist but humorous nevertheless.
>
>And, BTW, he did seem to have fun playing.
He did indeed. He confirmed some of our other guesses about his language
jokes. Oh, and one thing that I mentioned to charghwI' but I didn't see in
the new words list: "'ul" means simply "electricity." Not a unit of
voltage or current or anything else, but just the noun for "electricity."
This was said rather quietly; I think only Qov and I were talking to him at
the time (it was Qov, right?) So there's something.
~mark
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