tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Dec 19 09:19:04 1999
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Re: mu' qID mania (KLBC)
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: mu' qID mania (KLBC)
- Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 12:18:31 -0500 (EST)
Carleton Copeland wrote:
>
> ghaytan mu' qIDmeyvam lutu'lu'pu'. vI'ang 'e' vItIv neH:
>
> noS = nibble (nosh, "to eat between meals, esp. to nibble at tidbits," from Yiddish)
>
> may'ron = accordion (Myron Floren, accordion legend on "The Lawrence Welk Show")
>
> QavwI'vam vIyajchoHmeH De'qo'Daq jIQulnISta'. *Lawrence Welk* jabbI'ID bejbe' tlhInganpu' (vIttlhegh chu' vIqonpu').
>
> qa'ral
DaH <KGT> vIlaD. latlh mu' qIDmey law' lutu'lu'. wa' yIqel,
tera'ngan <root beer> DelDI' tlhInganpu', tlhIngan mu' <'awje'>
lulo'. mu'vam Dachevchugh, <a> <w> <je> je Datu'.
= Just now I was reading KGT. One may find many puns. For
example, when Klingons describe Terran root beer, they use the
Klingon word <'awje'>. If you break this word up, you get
"A", "W", and <je> (which means "and"). i.e. "A & W".
["A & W" is a brand of root beer.]
qIDvam vIyajDI' jIHagh!
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