tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 04 17:08:44 1999
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SIQtaH (was Re: Problem Words)
- From: Alan Anderson <aranders@netusa1.net>
- Subject: SIQtaH (was Re: Problem Words)
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 20:06:43 -0500
- In-Reply-To: <SIMEON.9812272109.D@whm2m95.virginia.edu>
ja' charghwI':
>bangwI' juppu' DIghoS. ghaytan jIHvaD Dal ghu' vaj De'wI'
>vIqenglaHbogh vIqeng. SIQjaj HoS HalDaj!
My first impulse was to think {SIQjaj} should have been {taHjaj}. Then
I read it again, and realized what it really said.
That's probably the first bilingual pun I've noticed whose "primary"
language is Klingon but relies on a knowledge of English to be funny,
instead of the other way around.
-- ghunchu'wI'