tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Feb 21 15:23:47 2000
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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'