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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Puns!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (nIqolay Q)
Fri Oct 30 20:07:37 2015
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Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 20:07:21 -0400
From: nIqolay Q <niqolay0@gmail.com>
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Here's one I noticed earlier:
{qoch} =3D squeeze (into a space)
"Coach" is one name for the cheap seats on an airplane, where passengers
are often packed together closely.
There's also this one:
{SuqSIv} =3D core (of an apple, planet, sun, but not a group)
"Viscous" backwards, though I'm not sure what that has to do with cores, so
I'm not sure it's a pun. (Lately, it seems whenever there's a two-syllable
noun my first thought is "where's the pun"?)
On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 5:04 PM, Andr=C3=A9 M=C3=BCller <esperantist@gmail.=
com> wrote:
> While typing up the new words into my Lexique Pro database, I noticed som=
e
> more puns.
>
> {yu'muD} =3D form (to be filled out)
> For this one, I'd say 'questionnaire' might also be a fitting (albeit
> non-canonical) translation... guess why.
>
> {nIqDob} =3D perforator, hole punch
> A tool for making holes into thin material... I was curious and googled
> for "bodkin", have a look!
>
> {Ha'on} =3D staple
> It reads "Noah" backwards... well, Noah also always put two together,
> somehow, but perhaps there is another person with that name. Maybe a Noah
> Stapler, Noah Staples, something like that... I don't know.
>
> {ghogh'ot} =3D bill
> Hmm... an "invoice" is a kind of bill, too. {ghogh} means 'voice', maybe
> *{'ot} should remind one of "out"... a voice-out? Any better idea?
>
> {tenwal} =3D page
> It reads "lawnet" backwards. Maybe there's a relation to that. I didn't
> find much that directly relate to pages...
>
> {'alnIl} =3D buckle (of a belt)
> What sounds like "alnil" and has to do with belts? Hmm... think of Orion!
> :)
>
> {Su'nIm} =3D profile (of a shoe, fingerprint, etc.)
> It reads "minus" backwards. Maybe because the profile of a shoe is the
> negative of the print it leaves in the mud?
>
> {yang} =3D stamp's image
> The Chinese word for the mark left by a stamp is "yin", but that word was
> already taken. Well, such is life... ;)
>
> {HeySel} =3D atom
> The clue is: Belgium.
>
> {qol'om} =3D gold
> Someone had already suggested something for this, but when I saw it, I
> thought of gold as a precious metal. Who else likes precious things more
> than he should?
>
> ...there must be many more. Some look very much like puns, but didn't rin=
g
> a bell. Like the {wa'chaw / wev / war} triplet...
>
> I really enjoyed the new word list!
> - Andr=C3=A9
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Here's one I noticed earlier:<br>{qoch} =3D squee=
ze (into a space)<br>"Coach" is one name for the cheap seats on a=
n airplane, where passengers are often packed together closely.<br><br>Ther=
e's also this one:<br>{SuqSIv} =3D core (of an apple, planet, sun, but =
not a group)<br>"Viscous" backwards, though I'm not sure what=
that has to do with cores, so I'm not sure it's a pun. (Lately, it=
seems whenever there's a two-syllable noun my first thought is "w=
here's the pun"?)<br><br></div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><b=
r><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 5:04 PM, Andr=C3=A9 M=
=C3=BCller <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:esperantist@gmail.com" t=
arget=3D"_blank">esperantist@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote=
class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc soli=
d;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><di=
v><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><di=
v>While typing up the new words into my Lexique Pro database, I noticed som=
e more puns.<br><br></div>{yu'muD} =3D form (to be filled out)<br></div=
>For this one, I'd say 'questionnaire' might also be a fitting =
(albeit non-canonical) translation... guess why.<br><br></div>{nIqDob} =3D =
perforator, hole punch<br></div>A tool for making holes into thin material.=
.. I was curious and googled for "bodkin", have a look!<br><br></=
div>{Ha'on} =3D staple<br></div>It reads "Noah" backwards... =
well, Noah also always put two together, somehow, but perhaps there is anot=
her person with that name. Maybe a Noah Stapler, Noah Staples, something li=
ke that... I don't know.<br><br></div>{ghogh'ot} =3D bill<br></div>=
Hmm... an "invoice" is a kind of bill, too. {ghogh} means 'vo=
ice', maybe *{'ot} should remind one of "out"... a voice-=
out? Any better idea?<br><br></div>{tenwal} =3D page<br></div>It reads &quo=
t;lawnet" backwards. Maybe there's a relation to that. I didn'=
t find much that directly relate to pages...<br><br></div>{'alnIl} =3D =
buckle (of a belt)<br></div>What sounds like "alnil" and has to d=
o with belts? Hmm... think of Orion! :)<br><br></div>{Su'nIm} =3D profi=
le (of a shoe, fingerprint, etc.)<br></div>It reads "minus" backw=
ards. Maybe because the profile of a shoe is the negative of the print it l=
eaves in the mud?<br><br></div>{yang} =3D stamp's image<br></div>The Ch=
inese word for the mark left by a stamp is "yin", but that word w=
as already taken. Well, such is life... ;)<br><br></div>{HeySel} =3D atom<b=
r></div>The clue is: Belgium.<br><br></div>{qol'om} =3D gold<br></div>S=
omeone had already suggested something for this, but when I saw it, I thoug=
ht of gold as a precious metal. Who else likes precious things more than he=
should?<br><br></div>...there must be many more. Some look very much like =
puns, but didn't ring a bell. Like the {wa'chaw / wev / war} triple=
t...<br><br></div>I really enjoyed the new word list!<span class=3D"HOEnZb"=
><font color=3D"#888888"><br></font></span></div><span class=3D"HOEnZb"><fo=
nt color=3D"#888888">- Andr=C3=A9<br></font></span></div>
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