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Re: {lor} (WOTD)

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Wed Apr 2 15:30:35 2008

Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:28:27 -0500
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
In-Reply-To: <BAY144-DAV72ED6CFC0ECCE5C015B07B6F40@phx.gbl>
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org

At 10:02 AM Wednesday 4/2/2008, you wrote:
> >> I wouldn't be surprised if {tey'} and {lor} (cousin, niece, nephew)
> >> were a nod to one of Marc Okrand's relatives by the name of Taylor.
> >> We know he's put people's names in the vocabulary before.
>
> > Can anyone think of other examples?
>
>SIla', neSlo' je.

There are quite a few more on the KLI pun page 
(http://www.kli.org/wiki/index.php?Puns%20in%20the%20Vocabulary%20of%20tlhIngan%20Hol):

   beb   bertlham   HI'tuy   jey'naS  jIm   leSpal  lIr  may'ron   mIl  mIQ 
  mon  pe'vIl   pIrmuS   qanraD  qa'rI'   qa'rol  qogh  qolqoS  tennuS 
tlhargh  (cf. tlharghDuj)  tlher   von  warjun   'ev  'orwI'and if you 
include animal (both real and cartoon) names, add:

   Da'nal
   Da'vI'
   vIghro'
   vIlInHoD
   'eDjen




--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons




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