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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: chIp
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Thu Jun 28 18:04:40 2012
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 18:04:06 -0400
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
To: tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
In-Reply-To: <CAFK8js3xNr+cZiLwiCT+U4cvz2xcAanif7dMu5g1AS4c2fVAFg@mail.gmail.com>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
On 6/28/2012 5:22 PM, ghunchu'wI' 'utlh wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 11:51 AM, David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name> wrote:
>>> I use {chIp}, without hesitation or ironic intent, to describe mowing the
>>> lawn.
>>
>> Have you any justification for this?
>
> It's an obvious analogy that I would expect anyone familiar with both
> Klingon language and grassy lawns to understand. That nobody on the
> mailing list ever questioned the meaning when I used it that way tells
> me that my expectation is justified. I'd rather not pursue the other
> possibilities: nobody read the notes where I did it, or those who
> failed to accept the usage didn't care enough to comment.
Oh, okay. You made it up.
--
SuStel
http://www.trimboli.name/
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