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[Tlhingan-hol] {beb} source

Robyn Stewart (robyn@flyingstart.ca) [KLI Member] [Hol po'wI']

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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Can someone please tell me</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">if there&#8217;s a joke or allusion in the word beb?&nbsp; It&#8217;s a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">relatively</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> new word, but every time I use it, I have the feeling I&#8217;ve known it my whole life. I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">even</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">have this phantom memory of colouring in a picture of a house</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">, in pre-school,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> with the word beb written in crayo</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">n on the roof. Logic says that the word</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">in that picture</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">must have been &#8220;roof&#8221; or &#8220;toit&#8221;</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> because I am pretty sure that I did not go to a Klingon</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">pre-sch</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">ool</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><BR>
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<FONT FACE="Calibri">It just seems like absolutely the right word for the concept and I have no memory</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">of ever learning the Klingon word.</FONT></SPAN></P>

<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">tugh! tlhIngan Hol yIghoj! maw&#8217;choH Qov</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> &#8216;ej jawlaHwI&#8217;pu&#8217; poQ.</FONT></SPAN></P>

<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">- Qov</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN></P>

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