tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Mar 10 10:46:57 1999
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Re: mu'mey Dajqu'
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: mu'mey Dajqu'
- Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 13:46:54 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
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On Wed, 10 Mar 1999 01:06:32 -0800 (PST) Jeremy Silver
<[email protected]> wrote:
> >Pardon my ignorance, but what exactly ARE the puns for 'ul, 'awje' and
> >Haq (which,if I remember correctly are "electricity", "root beer", and
> >"perform surgery on", respectively)
Electrical devices in the U.S. all have a label on them for
something like "Underwriters Listing" or whatever. Meanwhile we
only see "U.L."
{'awje'} can be seen as {'a w je'} or "A and W", which is a
brand name of root beer.
{Haq} is Hack. Enough said.
> I think 'ul is related to something to do with electrical devices in
> America, I seem to recall it being mentioned in the the archive of this
> list somewhere.
>
> Haq, or Hack is fairly obvious when you think about it, just imagine
> them using an axe or batleth instead of the more usual scalpel. I
> believe General Martok had something to derogatory say about the general
> standard of medical personel in the Empire, cant recall the episode
> either "Soldiers of the Empire" or one with them in the Jem Hadar prison
> camp.
>
> Rgds,
> Jeremy Silver
charghwI' 'utlh