[101792] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Puns!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lieven)
Sun Nov 1 15:28:11 2015
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From: Lieven <levinius@gmx.de>
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2015 21:28:21 +0100
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Am 31.10.2015 um 10:28 schrieb De'vID:
> I suspect that, like Shirley Silver and Jill the neighbour, it may be
About Shirley Silver, you were right, but there is a tiny detail to
know: She died several weeks ago, during the period when Okrand was
searching for a word. So he said it was a tribute to her.
> the case that this is a reference to a Noah of Marc Okrand's
> acquaintance.
Okrand tdid not say what it is to me, but he said that the Noah thing is
not related to the bible-noah and that it is very complicated pun. but
not so complicated that nobody would fin dit it.
>> {Su'nIm} = 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?
Okrand's reaction: "Oh that's a nice idea, I didn't think of that." So
it's not that.
--
Lieven L. Litaer
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