tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jan 09 10:01:20 1999
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Re: Quite a few more word puns
ja' "Patrick Masterson" <[email protected]>:
>I went through my Klingon literature and noticed a few more puns...
Isn't it fun finding these on your own? That's why I don't want an
"official" list of them published.
>qettlhup = In KGT, Okrand also describes a type of sauce, called
>qettlhup. If you were to ask for ketchup in a Klingon eating
>establishmet, you would probably get this, as "ketchup" and "qettlhup"
>sound quite similar. (At least they sound alike more than my other
>examples.)
As long as you're considering sauces, don't forget {ghevI'}.
>vut = cook (v)
> "vut" sounds like "food" pronounced with an accent. (What type of
>accent I'm not sure.)
Thick German. :)
>run = be short in stature
>Just add a "t" to the end of "run."
Now put the word {pI'} after it and see what you get.
>'Iw = blood
>Say it out loud and it sounds like "Ewww!", an expression of disgust.
I think {yIH} is a better example of this. :)
>I know this was probly to make Okrand's job easier, but does anyone else
>find it odd that two languages which (supposedly) developed light years
>apart both just happen to have similar alphabetical order?
>(Curiouser and curiouser...)
It's not the "real Klingon" alphabetical order. TKD page 13:
| The system of writing Klingon used in this dictionary has been
| developed so people who already know how to read English will
| have a minimum of difficulty approximating the sounds of Klingon
| words and sentences.
-- ghunchu'wI'