[85291] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Nova
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (nahqun@gmail.com)
Fri Feb 13 11:29:33 2009
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:27:55 -0800 (PST)
From: nahqun@gmail.com
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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jatlh David:
>I used to repeat this falsehood myself. It's not true.
http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp
Good to know. Both the fact and the website.
>There are numerous examples of cross-language puns in Klingon. Most of
them were created intentionally by Marc Okrand, including {Sab}.
Puns or not, Chevy story or not, my first question still stands.
Several years ago, I found a cute little bottle of juice at the store. I was thinking about buying it when the brandname "pom" caught my eye. Still haven't tried it.
On the other end: A few weeks ago I said to myself <jIghung. ghem vISop vIneH.>
MO has told us that "midnight snack" is a common translation for "ghem", but that it's really a meal of some substance. It's the meal between dinner and breakfast. It's "fourthmeal".
A stretch? Perhaps. But whenever I use "ghem", I think Taco Bell.
~naHQun
