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Re: Klingon WOTD: loSpev (noun)

Stephen A. Carter ([email protected])

From: "Stephen A. Carter" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: loSpev (noun)
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 14:06:29 +0900 (JST)
Cc: "Stephen A. Carter" <[email protected]>
In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
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On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 13:49:28 -0600, Steven Boozer wrote:
>And then there are those intriguing birds formed with what appears to be 
>{cha'} "two" from HolQeD 10.4:  {cha'bIp}, {cha'Do'}, {cha'naS}, {cha'par} 
>and {cha'qu'}.  That these are puns - "beep beep", "dodo",  "parpar" 
>("quack" in Spanish) and "cuckoo" - doesn't detract from the manner Okrand 
>used when creating them.  (BTW, has anybody figured out the pun for {cha'naS}?}

Is Okrand a fan of Jorge Luis Borges or Yemeni mythology?

Knowing the feeding habits of the bat-winged nasnas of Borneo might
provide a clue, if anyone can determine what they are -- I didn't
have much
luck.

http://www.hum.au.dk/romansk/borges/vakalo/zf/html/body_the_nasnas.htm
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-- Stephen Carter
   [email protected]
   Nagoya, Japan

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