tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jan 18 13:45:46 2002
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Re: More puns in new vocab
>> cha'par - "a bird noted for its song"
Voragh:
> {cha'par} from PARtridge?
charghwI':
: It might as well be a PARrot, unless we're talking about a PARtridge
: in a PAIR tree.
Or a PEAR tree!
taD:
}Anyway, "Partridge" actually makes sense to me somewhat. Russ may be
}thinking of the tv series "The Partridge Family". Although I didn't watch
}it much, I believe the show was about a family who also played as a rock
}band (note that a {cha'par} is noted for its song). During the theme song
}from the show, the members of the family were represented by animated
}Partridge birds.
I think Russ and taD are right on this one, considering Okrand's fondness for
"classic" TV references.
Hmm... are parrots particularly noted for their singing? I always think of
them as noisy talking (or mimicking) birds whose coloring could be described as
garish, which would make them a Terran analogue to the:
>> parbIng - "a mid-sized bird with particularly garish coloring
>> (at least from a Klingon point of view"
Anyone figured this one out yet? PARRot perhaps, but {-bIng}? The only
Klingon {bIng} we know of is a noun meaning "area below, area under". Someone
suggested BING Crosby, IIRC, but I've never considered him to be particularly
garish.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons