tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Dec 28 07:48:27 2005
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Re: Klingon WOTD: loSpev (noun)
- From: Terrence Donnelly <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: loSpev (noun)
- Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 07:48:16 -0800 (PST)
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--- "Stephen A. Carter" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> (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
> l
Although we must remember that, according to Klingon
phonology,
this would actually be 'nash', so we should be looking
for
Nash & Nash
The Two Nashes
Double Nash
gnashing of teeth
etc.
I haven't figured out the pun either, but we all know
it's
there!
-- ter'eS