tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jun 14 16:38:30 2003
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Re: Puns I've noticed (I think)
ghItlh ngabwI':
>I've noticed many of the experts on this list mention that Okrand has built many puns into the language, and I think I'm beginning to
see.
Yes, but be careful. This is a fun thing, but if you start to learn (or just remember) the puns, you will be stuck with them forever.
>{tlhov}
>Play on "clove". Clove cigarettes will make you wheeze.
I dunno. Is that a brand?
>{tlhoy}
>Play on English verb "To cloy".
possible.
{ghotI'}
From George Bernard Shaw quote regarding the spelling of "fish".
What did he say about the spelling?
The pun I know is based on sounds of "enough/women/nation"
Quvar.