[91909] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] More new words from Maltz
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (De'vID jonpIn)
Sat Jan 28 07:34:31 2012
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Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:28:51 +0100
From: "De'vID jonpIn" <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com>
To: tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
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'ISqu':
>
> Talking of puns... Qanqor seems to have worked out the origins of
> {wejwa'} and {QemjIq}:
>
>> (1) "flavor" or "taste" (nouns) is wejwa'.
>
> Qanqor:
>
> : The joke is similar in structure to Hutvagh in that a number is
> : spelled out by its digits.=A0 That is, wejwa', being "three one",
> : is really 31.=A0 So what's the connection of 31 to "flavor" or
> : "taste"?=A0 There is a large, famous chain of American ice cream
> : shops called Baskin-Robbins, and their slogan has long been
> : "31 Flavors".
As an interesting coincidence, now {'awje' wejwa'} is an almost-palindrome.
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De'vID
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