tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Feb 15 13:02:25 2013
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: chevwI' tlhoy'
>>> >> A wall which divides a territory into parts (such as the Berlin Wall)
>>> >> is also called a {tlhoy'}, even though neither side of it is the interior of
>>> >> a structure. On occasion, for clarity, such a wall is termed a {chevwI'
>>> >> tlhoy'} "separator wall") or a {pIn tlhoy'}, literally "boss wall,"
>>> >> presumably dating back to a time when each subterritory had a specific
>>> >> person in charge."
> De'vID:
>>>> I just now got the joke behind this.
De'vID:
> Berlin pIn tlhoy' DejmoHlu'pu'DI', wanI'vam lopmeH nuq lubom muchwI'pu'?
Has no one heard of the Pink Floyd album "The Wall", or know about its
connection to the Berlin Wall?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_%E2%80%93_Live_in_Berlin
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De'vID
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