tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Aug 19 13:16:15 1999

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RE: S'Qal / KLBC



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.

jatlh HovqIj:

> I NEVER get those puns associated with American products 
> until someone explains them. And there are quite a lot of 
> them. va.

Don't feel too bad. I *am* an American and I don't get many of them without
an explanation.

pagh


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