tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Feb 04 14:30:55 1999
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Re: Okrand speaks: What time is it?
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Okrand speaks: What time is it?
- Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 17:30:43 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
- Priority: NORMAL
On Thu, 4 Feb 1999 14:26:20 -0800 (PST) Patrick Masterson
<[email protected]> wrote:
> >I think most would agree the answer to that is "yes". Okrand
> >tends to use the answer to one question in order to introduce
> >something even more important or interesting. As an example,
> >Okrand gave us the word for "fork" so he could make a joke out
> >of the word for "spoon" (which is a Spoonerism).
> >
> >charghwI' 'utlh
> >
> >
> Either I missed it or can't find it, but what IS the word for "spoon?"
You can find it and other such words on the web at:
/kli/newwords.html
The word for spoon is {baghneQ}. That's a spoonerism for "flat
rock", which would be {nagh beQ}.
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