tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Aug 21 19:20:53 1999
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Re: S'Qal / KLBC
- From: [email protected] (Christiane Scharf)
- Subject: Re: S'Qal / KLBC
- Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 03:35:24 +0200
jatlh pagh:
>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.
Hoch mu' Qujmey tlhojlaHba' pagh. jIHvaD qID QIjnISlu'DI' tlhaQqu'be' qID.
chaq Daj De', 'ach tlhaQbe'. vaj *US* qIDmeyvetlhmo' loQ jImogh.
>
>pagh
HovqIj