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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Eurotalk - New Words - Food
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robyn Stewart)
Mon Oct 31 18:22:06 2011
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:18:44 -0700
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
From: Robyn Stewart <robyn@flyingstart.ca>
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At 15:12 31/10/2011, you wrote:
> >> How then
> >> should we say "Dr Pepper",
> >
> > <Dr Pepper 'awje'> or <Dr Pepper qo'la' 'awje'>
>
>Why would one use the word "cola" to refer to something that is not a cola?
I thought this one was going to be an undefinable matter of opinion,
but it appears that "In 1963 the United States Fifth District Court
in Dallas declared that Dr Pepper was not a cola, thus allowing Dr
Pepper to expand its reach."
So if Klingons are up on their American cola law, I shouldn't call it that.
What's a cola, then? If I asked for a cola of some kind and someone
gave me a Dr Pepper, I would consider the request satisfied.
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