tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Sep 13 23:49:00 1997
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Re: yet more KGT puns
ja'pu' ter'eS:
>'oQqar 'tuber' - a slang term for the musical instrument the
>ocarina is "sweet potato"
maj. ngoDvam vISovbe'pu'. lI'be' De', 'ach tlhaQ.
>qompogh 'a dish made of fruit mashed together and allowed to ferment" -
>just like a fruit _compote_ (except for the fermenting part).
qar'a'? roghbej SoSwI' "compote".
jIHagh... <ragh> rur <rogh>.
>The cookbook {jabmeH} was written by J'puq, who I bet is related
>to the Terran cook _J(ulia) Child_.
ghay'cha'! nuQanjaj qeylIS...
'ej paqvam pong vIlaDDI', "To Serve Man" vIqel.
ja' Joel Peter Anderson:
>HaghtaHghach DaSIQjaj
>
>My wife, who is now coordinating enrichment programs at our daughter's
>school was reviewing the curriculum I put together for my Klingon class
>last year, and came across my assertion that Okrand had deliberately tried
>to make Klingon as "alien" as possible, avoiding excessive borrowing from
>any terrestrial language.
>
>"Oh, really?" seems to sum up her response, having heard me go on (and on
>and on) about the numerous KGT pun-words....
wejpuH. nov tlhIngan Hol 'e' yajmeH, pab'e' qelnISlu'.
qID mu'mey net laj. qID DISIQjaj...
-- ghunchu'wI'