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Re: some puns...




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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