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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] vIlle' pun
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (De'vID)
Tue May 2 03:40:11 2017
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From: "De'vID" <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 May 2017 09:40:09 +0200
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On 2 May 2017 at 04:29, Alan Anderson <qunchuy@alcaco.net> wrote:
> On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 11:28 AM, SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name> wrote:
>>
>> Oh god. I just realized what the pun is with vIlle' minion:
>>
>> filet mignon
>
>
> 'oy' jay'
>
> That's...remarkable.
> How could something so obvious have been so stealthy for so long?
>
> -- ghunchu'wI'
So is there an etymological relationship between {vIl} (n.) and
{vIlle'} or not? It seems natural to interpret {vIlle'} as {vIl le'},
a special {vIl}, but maybe they're independent words and the
resemblance is a coincidence.
--
De'vID
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