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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Puns!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Will Martin)
Mon Nov 2 08:33:11 2015
From: Will Martin <lojmitti7wi7nuv@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2015 08:32:55 -0500
To: "tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org"
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So, if =E2=80=9Cminus=E2=80=9D is not the root of the {Su=E2=80=99nIm} =
origin, are there any famous examples of footprints left by having =
walked through milk? {Su=E2=80=99} sounds like =E2=80=9Cshoe=E2=80=9D =
and {nIm} means =E2=80=9Cmilk=E2=80=9D. While many Okrand puns are =
backwards, many also are not.
pItlh
lojmIt tI'wI'nuv
> On Nov 1, 2015, at 3:28 PM, Lieven <levinius@gmx.de> wrote:
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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
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> 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.
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>> the case that this is a reference to a Noah of Marc Okrand's
>> acquaintance.
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> 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.
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>>> {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?
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> Okrand's reaction: "Oh that's a nice idea, I didn't think of that." So =
it's not that.
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> Lieven L. Litaer
> aka Quvar valer 'utlh
> Grammarian of the KLI
> http://www.facebook.com/Klingonteacher
> http://www.klingonwiki.net
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class=3D""><div class=3D"">So, if =E2=80=9Cminus=E2=80=9D is not the =
root of the {Su=E2=80=99nIm} origin, are there any famous examples of =
footprints left by having walked through milk? {Su=E2=80=99} sounds like =
=E2=80=9Cshoe=E2=80=9D and {nIm} means =E2=80=9Cmilk=E2=80=9D. While =
many Okrand puns are backwards, many also are not.</div><br =
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<br class=3D""><div><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div =
class=3D"">On Nov 1, 2015, at 3:28 PM, Lieven <<a =
href=3D"mailto:levinius@gmx.de" class=3D"">levinius@gmx.de</a>> =
wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D"">Am =
31.10.2015 um 10:28 schrieb De'vID:<br class=3D""><blockquote =
type=3D"cite" class=3D"">I suspect that, like Shirley Silver and Jill =
the neighbour, it may be<br class=3D""></blockquote><br class=3D"">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.<br class=3D""><br =
class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D"">the case that this is a =
reference to a Noah of Marc Okrand's<br class=3D"">acquaintance.<br =
class=3D""></blockquote><br class=3D"">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.<br class=3D""><br class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" =
class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D"">{Su'nIm} =3D profile (of =
a shoe, fingerprint, etc.)<br class=3D"">It reads "minus" backwards. =
Maybe because the profile of a shoe is the<br class=3D"">negative of the =
print it leaves in the mud?<br class=3D""></blockquote></blockquote><br =
class=3D"">Okrand's reaction: "Oh that's a nice idea, I didn't think of =
that." So it's not that.<br class=3D""><br class=3D""><br class=3D"">-- =
<br class=3D"">Lieven L. Litaer<br class=3D"">aka Quvar valer 'utlh<br =
class=3D"">Grammarian of the KLI<br class=3D""><a =
href=3D"http://www.facebook.com/Klingonteacher" =
class=3D"">http://www.facebook.com/Klingonteacher</a><br =
class=3D"">http://www.klingonwiki.net<br class=3D""><br =
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