tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Aug 16 20:56:51 2001
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Re: list of Klingon puns?
- From: "Rohan Fenwick" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: list of Klingon puns?
- Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 00:56:50
> > I don't know if there's any hidden connection with book but a memory
> > key I used for BOOK was what's probably an UK term for soft cover books-
> > (P)aper B(ack) i.e. paq
>Maybe, but I doubt it because it's pronounced "pock". I thought maybe a
>reference to Okrand's publisher, Pocket.
>QIS
"British" DIvI' Hol "a" rur tlhIngan Hol "a" puS "American" DIvI' Hol "a".
British English's "a" (that found in "back") resembles Klingon's <<a>> more
than American English's "a" in "back". I believe the British English version
is pronounced slightly further "back" (sorry for the terrible pun).
Can one say a letter is literally in a word (eg. <<"a" 'oH "back"Daq>>) or
must we use a different construction?
I think I have made a couple of dreadful mistakes in my first sentence, but
I haven't got my KD handy, so...
Qapla' 'ej Satlho'
ro'Han
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