tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Dec 22 22:36:40 2000
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RE: pun?
- From: "De'vID" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: pun?
- Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 01:37:46 -0500
- Importance: Normal
ghunchu'wI':
> And the word "mutt" refers to a *stupid* dog, which quite often is of a
> specific and known breed. Sheepdogs are the archetypical mutts. (I think
> it originally meant anyone or anything stupid, but the association with
> dogs is now pretty much universal.)
cha' Dochmey 'oS <mutt> 'e' cha' America-ngan quH mu'ghom (American
Heritage Dictionary): <1. A mongrel dog. 2. A stupid person; a dolt.>
cha' DaDuDlaw'.
<sheep>vaD <muttonhead> ponglu'law', 'ej mu' poDlu'mo' <mutt> moj.
QIpchu' <sheep>mey net Sov.
naDev America-ngan quH mu'ghom De' DanejlaH:
http://www.bartleby.com/61/24/M0502400.html
Speaking of sheep and puns, people do *breed* sheeps, do they not?
[I agree with you that mongrel dogs are obviously not of mixed
or indeterminate *species*, but the word "species" is used rather
loosely in everyday speaking. More than once I've heard people
say "(fe)male species" when they meant "(fe)male sex/gender".]
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De'vID
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