tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Nov 22 20:18:39 2001
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Mnemonics
- From: Robyn Stewart <[email protected]>
- Subject: Mnemonics
- Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 18:11:40 -0800
mu'tay' chu' vIqaw 'e' vI'olmeH jIqIm. chu'chu'be' HochHom 'ach
yIHaghQo'. tlhIngan mu'ghom wa'DIchDaq tu'lu'be'chugh, jIHvaD chu'.
These are not all mine, and not the first time they've been posted, but
like the word of the day a review can't hurt.
word mnemonic
chan China - in the east
tIng ArgenTINa - except for Chile, as far southwest as you can get
'ev Everett, a city in Washington State, the American "Northwest"
mar this little piggy went to MARket
Hom " stayed HOMe
roS " had ROSt beef
nan " had NANe
Qay' " Qay'ed wee wee wee all the way home.
Sen Sensible grown up person's thumb
rIl rIlly small person's thumb, military dRILl involving bugle
SIq sic 'em! (point at the victim)
qay work the k (kay) key on a keyboard
qew work the w key
qan I remember the gesture of pointing it at old people
gheb BuGHlE
vaD -vaD flexibly twists the a sentence back at the noun.
tangqa' tank-Qa' big animal
tlhoy' could be a ploy - false - non-structural wall
reD despite modern fashion, the reD is more likely red than the tlhoy'
yergho the walls of Jericho fell down - very funny, Marc
beb BEB is the trade name of a sort of roof vent
rutlh It's a RUdimentary TooL, that I've been begging for, ages.
me' me - I'm female, female parent's sister
'e'mam the other side
'IrneH mom wears earrings
tennuS dad played tennis
tey' confide in same sex friends - sibling same sex as parent
lor male android - opposite sex as me
yur YoU'Re related, but I can't work out how :)
'e'nal in-law
yor on top of the world, surveying YOuR domain
yuvtlhe' the instructions on a medicine bottle
'aqroS like the beams *across* the top of a room
pIrmuS Bottom played Pyramus in the play within a play in Midsummer Night's
dream, which they rehearsed OUTSIDE.
bIS'ub sub-basement, which is obviously inside.
tlhoy if something is too sweet, it is cloying
'Iq too much of most things can be icky
wen when did it happen? whence is an old word
waQ wacky is a new word
ret a long time AGO ret meant to soak flax
pIq upcoming events pique ones interest
ghal I can't forget this one because I remember a time I needed it, and a
person who assured me I didn't, but got it for me anyway. Thank you.
Grr, and I just saw a mistake in a published column. lughItlhnISlu'.