tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Jul 27 17:23:18 1997
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Re: Language jokes show English speaking bias...
- From: Susan Farmer <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Language jokes show English speaking bias...
- Date: Sun, 27 Jul 1997 20:26:31 -0400 (EDT)
>ghItlh muHwI'
>>I discovered another of those so-called *language-jokes*:
>>{qul} fire is pronounced (roughly!) like "cool"
>>and fire is certainly NOT cool...
>>qul bIrbe'bej!
>
>We've discovered that already, I think. But I've found a vicious one that's not
>an "opposite" one. (I hope no-one's found it before!) It's a Hollywood one, to
>go with 'ampaS: DaS = boot.
>Qapla'
>qoror
>
Pardon if this was answered, but I didn't see it. Is anybody collecting
a list of the jokes/puns/etc that we've discovered?
tevram
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