tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Aug 18 21:32:29 1999
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Re: S'Qal / KLBC
- From: [email protected] (Christiane Scharf)
- Subject: Re: S'Qal / KLBC
- Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 05:36:29 +0200
jatlh charghwI':
>On 18 Aug 1999 14:55:16 -0000 [email protected] wrote:
>
>> OK... Let's explain.
>>
>> First off, the word is {vIychorgh}; {*veychorgh} was a misspelling on
>> charghwI''s part. It is true that there is a horrible pun with "V-8"
>> vegetable drink going on here, but it ISN'T our doing! Blame Okrand for
>> that. {vIychorgh} is listed in KGT as meaning "juice, sap of a plant".
>> Obviously Okrand was going for the pun (which we eventually got),
>
>EVENTUALLY? I know that I recognized it on sight. {'awje'} took
>a little longer, but {vIychorgh} was obvious.
I NEVER get those puns associated with American products until someone
explains them. And there are quite a lot of them. va.
>
>> ~mark
>
>charghwI' 'utlh
>
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