[87112] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: pu'jIn
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Wed Nov 25 10:04:25 2009
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:03:00 -0500
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
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Steven Boozer wrote:
> Fiat Knox:
>> It's another Okrand pun, and one I'd be familiar with as a Brit.
>> Pugin (and Charles Barry) built the Houses of Parliament.
> Oh, that's nice. However, taD reported that at the 2007 qep'a Okrand
> said "{pu'jIn} is a pun/joke, but it was a personal reference
> (presumably similar to {jIl} or {pe'vIl}), so it wouldn't be
> something we'd get" (taD, 8/02/07). I wonder if that was what he
> meant?
He probably knows a cartographer or architect or whatever named Pugin.
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