[95042] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] new word
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Nov 19 11:45:49 2012
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:45:31 +0000
In-Reply-To: <CA+7zAmO-ONCEOZKfgfvKrGO7oYDd3PNAtvB7gpeamGh1upxOpw@mail.gmail.com>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
Voragh:
> {weQmoQnaQ}: candle - ball - stick? English is my native language
> but I don't get it either. (But maybe it's too early in the morning!)
De'vID:
>> It's the "whole ball of wax".
<groan> Except, of course, it's not:
>>>... {weQmoQnaQ} is not the same thing as the Internet. He said,
>>>if he understands correctly, you can do many more things with the
>>>Internet than just dealing with the {weQmoQnaQ}.
So now, how about the joke? Any ideas?
>>>I also asked him about the word *'Internet*. He said he thought
>>>that it was pretty funny that Terrans use that word. He laughed
>>>a little bit, as if there were some sort of a joke. But he didn't
>>>elaborate. I guess that's for another time.
{'IN *ter netlh}?
percussion instrument (drum, bell, etc.) + ??? + ten thousand
{'IN ten 'etlh}?
percussion instrument (drum, bell, etc.) + embark + blade/sword
{'IN ten 'et}?
percussion instrument (drum, bell, etc.) + embark + fore/area in front
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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