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Re: RE: Klingon WOTD: tar (n)



On Mon, 21 Feb 2000 09:40:55 -0600 Marc Paige 
<[email protected]> wrote:
> ja' qa'ral
> >>>
> ja' Holtej 'utlh (De'wI''a'Daj ghap):
> 
> > Klingon word:   tar
> > Part of Speech: noun
> > Definition:     poison
> 
> Hmm ... Stretching for puns again, *tar* is presumably toxic if consumed in 
> sufficient quantities, but I have to guess *rat* poison is closer to the 
> mark here.
> <<<

If this is true, it would be the first, and to my knowledge 
ONLY example of Okrand spelling a word backwards to make a 
pun. Clever of you to notice it, but I don't think this 
works.
 
> yIqelqa'. DaH tlhIch tlhID 'ej meQ 'ej por QaDta' ngaSbogh nav'e' yIQub.
> Dalo'DI' taghDaq tar DatlhuH.
> 
> SKI: Say'IluD says reconsider the word and think of cigarettes. Perhaps, MO
> is a non-smoker?

Now THAT makes sense to me, consistent to some of the other 
stuff he's done.
 
> Say'IluD
> vIt, batlh, yIn

charghwI'



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