[88403] in tlhIngan-Hol
RE: News from Maltz
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Felix Malmenbeck)
Tue Dec 7 17:08:15 2010
From: Felix Malmenbeck <felixm@kth.se>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 22:01:05 +0000
In-Reply-To: <4CFEA550.80303@web.de>
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Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
ghItlhta' Quvar,
> Oh, you mean because "pocket" is pronounced like *paqet*, and {paq}
> means "book", pronounced like {buq}...? I believe that's a bit farfetched.
> In my opinion, Marc Okrand grabbed his TKD, saw the cover note on the
> left, and thought "Oh, pocket books... then pocket is book, i.e. buq".
> This is quite similar to Babe Ruth and Das Boot.
Aye, there's probably some truth to that... ...but it's fun to retcon ;)
loghaD
