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Re: KLBC: insulting



ghItlh charghghghwI':

> I REALLY wish people would stop trying to make sense out of the
> pieces of Klingon words. I mean, what does "restaurant" have to do
> with "rest"ing or "rant"ing? And what does a "tower" have to do with
> debt? It does have the word "owe" in it, after all.

Well, when I take a nap in a restaurant in Austrailia, the waiters rant.
Rest-au-rant. And if I bought a tower, you betcha I'd owe... but really, to
move it I'd need a tow-er...

> Care to explain the etymology which brought the words "fat" and
> "her" together to form the word "father"? One supposes it would be a
> similar explanation for a similar word beginning with the word
> "mat".

My grandma was a 'fat her' just before my father was born. Isn't English
interesting? My other grandma was mottled - she was a mot-her.

> And is the root word for disheveled "sheveled" or "heveled"? I
> don't really remember either one used very frequently without
> the prefix.

Actually it's a mispelling (so is that) of 'shovelled' - like when the
garden is 'dis-shovelled'. That's how I look in the morning.

> Sometimes a word is just a word. The pieces which appear to
> combine to form the word often have absolutely nothing to do
> with the larger word. Deal with it.

I happen to agree, but I think there's room on this mailing list for
light-hearted exploration. After all, this is a hobby for all of us - the
path to Klingon fluency includes such vistas, even though they're
side-paths. Trudge away to your destination if you will - I'll smell these
flowers over here.

bogh tlhInganpu', SuvtaH, Hegh. 'ach bogh Humanpu', tIvtaH, Hegh.

Qermaq






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