tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Mar 18 07:41:49 2005
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Re: Klingon WOTD: 'IqnaH QaD (noun)
- From: Russ Perry Jr <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: 'IqnaH QaD (noun)
- Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 09:41:36 -0600
[email protected] wrote:
> HolQeD 12:4, p. 8: "Maltz's Reward: Part III." If one were to
> {chuy} "sneeze," one would likely eject {'IqnaH} "mucus"
I assume the puns may have been noted before, but {chuy} would
almost certainly seem to come from "achoo"/"(a)chooie" (common
sneeze onomatopoeia, and {'IgnaH} backwards would resemble
"hankey" (from handkerchief).
> (or sometimes {'IqnaH QaD} "dry mucus").
I might be better off not knowing what {QaD} is, fearing a bad
pun here...
> If one were to {tuS} "cough," one might produce {qo'qaD}
> "phlegm."
Are there puns that these two come from though?
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