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Re: Klingon WOTD: loSpev (noun)

Terrence Donnelly ([email protected]) [KLI Member]



--- "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






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