tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Mar 10 22:27:06 1997
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Re: Extra stuff qororvo'
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: Extra stuff qororvo'
- Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 01:26:34 -0500 (EST)
In a message dated 97-03-08 18:41:37 EST, you write:
<< > about saying "pip?" Three letters, one syllable, and I've never heard
it
said
> except in the UK. (It might not be used there now, so if that's true,
apologies
> to UK members.) If it isn't used anymore that makes it even better --
you'll
> never confuse it for something else. If you don't know, "pip" means
"seed,"
> such a "a pomegranate pip." The apostrophe in Englist looks a bit like a
seed.
> It doesn't in the font that I use ('), but it is in TKD, for instance.
This
> might help some of you. Once again, if you don't want to use it, fine,
you
> don't have to, but I think I will.
>>
Pips are the little things on the collars of starfleet officers which
tell their ranks. Yeah, I'd could see some confusion over that. I still like
the idea of calling it a tick.