tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Feb 03 09:48:20 2000
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Re: some puns...
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- Subject: Re: some puns...
- Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 12:47:48 -0500 (EST)
De'vID wrote:
: tugh "Oscars" tay lulop tera'nganpu'. "Oscars" De' vIlaDtaHvIS,
: "Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences" "acronym" vItu'.
: tlhIngan Hol jatlhlu'chugh, "academy" 'oS <'ampaS>.
:
: latlh "pun" vItlhoj je. rap qech. "Order of the Bat'leth" 'oS
: <betleH 'obe'>. mu' <'obe'> yIqel, tera'ngan "Order of the
: British Empire" 'oSba'.
jatlh Voragh:
> Full marks.
>
> Since you're so good with acronyms and abbreviations, see if you get the
> puns behind
> {bID},
*Latin Hol "acronym" 'oH. Hergh ngaSwI'Daq vIlaDpu'. "twice a day"
'oSlaw', "bis in die" bIH mu'meyvam'e'. (Do', "pharmacology"
HaDtaH "girlfriend"wI', vaj *Latin, *Greek, Hergh je mu'mey law'
vISov. =) )
> {na'}
jiSovbejbe' 'ach jIloy. na'wI' Delchugh tera'ngan tej, "Na-Cl" ghItlh.
ghaytan "sodium" 'oSmo' "Na", "salty" 'oS <na'>.
> {QeD},
*Latin Hol "acronym" 'oH je. pIj rInDI' "math proof", "QED" Datu'bej.
"acronym"vam vISovbej 'ej vIlo'bej, 'ach mu'meyDaj vIqawbe'. vaj
mu'ghomDaq vInej. "quod erat demonstrandum - which was to be
demonstrated" qonlu'.
> {vIychorgh},
vIychorgh vItlhutlh 'e' vItIv. *vIy yIjatlh, 'ach "8" yIghItlh.
vaj "V8" vItlhutlhba'.
"pun" 'oHlaw' <nIm> "milk" mu''e' je. I'm almost certain that "Nim" is
a brand of milk or a milk substitute, or the word for milk in another
language - it just rings in my mind like a bad pun. But I can't figure
it out. Any hints?
> {'awje'},
(If you look back in the list, I got this one already.)
'awje' "brand" 'oH "A & W"'e'.
loQ vIychorgh, 'awje' je rur latlh mu'. <'oj> "thirsty" -
jI'ojchugh, rut "O.J." vItlhutlh.
> {'elpI'}
jIHagh. "serving platter" rur "LP (long-playing records)"mey, qar'a'?
> and {'ul}.
jISovchu'. "Underwriters Laboratories" 'oHba'. jonwI' jIH, vaj
'ul janmey law' vInuDpu'. 'ul janmeyDaq "UL" tu'lu'.
> Everyone else - especially the veterans - please let De'vID try these first
> before replying to the list!
>
> --
> Voragh
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
Do you have an apprenticeship position open for a P'un Master? =)
--
De'vID
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