tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Apr 28 16:22:31 2006
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Re: Klingon WOTD: Suq (verb)
- From: "QeS 'utlh" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: Suq (verb)
- Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 09:22:16 +1000
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ghItlhpu' Shane MiQogh, ja':
>this *COULD* be considered a pun.... To suck is an action used to
>acquire something (usually a liquid) from an unusual container or due
>to an unusual condition.
It's a bit of a long shot. Against this interpretation is that the Klingon
word {Suq} is pronounced more like "shook" than "suck", and puns tend to go
on pronunciation rather than orthography (since the orthography is usually
so mangled when Okrand makes puns - {QIS} and {tlhepQe'}, for instance).
QeS 'utlh
tlhIngan Hol yejHaD pabpo' / Grammarian of the Klingon Language Institute
not nItoj Hemey ngo' juppu' ngo' je
(Old roads and old friends will never deceive you)
- Ubykh Hol vIttlhegh
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