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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] vIghro':: pun?
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Fri Oct 6 03:11:11 2017
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On 10/4/2017 3:48 PM, Anthony Appleyard wrote:
> vIghro' = "cat-like Klingon animal"; Sanskrit व्याघ्र (= vyāghra)
> means "tiger".
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit
>
> (This is genuine, despite some drug company misusing the word.)
There is a pun, but that's not it. The pun comes from the name of
Geppetto's cat, Figaro <http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Figaro>, in
Disney's /Pinocchio/.
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/4/2017 3:48 PM, Anthony Appleyard
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<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:9438163.64400.1507146537711.JavaMail.defaultUser@defaultHost"> vIghro'
= "cat-like Klingon animal"; Sanskrit व्याघ्र (= vyāghra) means
"tiger".<br>
<br>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit</a><br>
<br>
(This is genuine, despite some drug company misusing the word.)</blockquote>
<p>There is a pun, but that's not it. The pun comes from the name of
Geppetto's cat, <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Figaro">Figaro</a>, in
Disney's <i>Pinocchio</i>.<br>
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