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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] peS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (kechpaja)
Sun Oct 15 06:37:11 2017
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On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 10:23:46AM +0200, Lieven wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 3:18 PM, Ed Bailey wrote:
> > For reasons that should be obvious to many, I'd expect {peS} to mean
> > "dispense," which also fits.
>
> Am 14.10.2017 um 23:57 schrieb nIqolay Q:
> > If this prediction bears out, would this be the first time we've deduced
> > the intended meaning of an unknown word by backsolving the pun?
>
> Really? - What is the pun behind it? I don't see it, not did I read it
> in this discussion.
There's a candy, popular in the US*, called "Pez". It takes the form of
small, sugary tablets that are sold in a little plastic tube with a
mechanism at the top allowing you to eject a single tablet, which is
referred to as a "Pez Dispenser". I wouldn't be surprised to hear that
they never made it to Germany.
- SapIr
*Popular when I was in the single-digit ages 15-20 years ago, at least.
I haven't seen one in years, and I don't know if that's just because I
grew up and stopped caring about them, or whether they went out of
fashion.
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