Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: baS 'In

[Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>]

> >> Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, April 01, 2015
> >>
> >> Klingon word: baS 'In
> >> Part of speech: noun
> >> Definition: bell (percussion instrument made of metal)
 
VORAGH (quoting KGT):
>> The {'In} itself may be made entirely of metal (in which case it might
>> be described as a bell, though in Klingon it is simply termed {baS 'In},
>> or "metal {'In}")...
De'vID:
 
> Pun: "Bash in".

Or Günter Grass's novel *Die Blechtrommel*, translated into English as "The Tin Drum" - tin {'In} <g> - not to be confused with Rod Serling's "Bang the Drum Slowly".


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons



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