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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: chevwI' tlhoy'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (De'vID)
Fri Feb 15 03:50:27 2013
In-Reply-To: <6.2.5.6.2.20130214222557.05732448@flyingstart.ca>
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:50:02 +0100
From: "De'vID" <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
>> >> A wall which divides a territory into parts (such as the Berlin Wall)
>> >> is also called a {tlhoy'}, even though neither side of it is the interior of
>> >> a structure. On occasion, for clarity, such a wall is termed a {chevwI'
>> >> tlhoy'} "separator wall") or a {pIn tlhoy'}, literally "boss wall,"
>> >> presumably dating back to a time when each subterritory had a specific
>> >> person in charge."
De'vID:
>>> I just now got the joke behind this.
jaSwa':
>> I guess I don't see it.
Qov:
> It might be referring to the pinboard dividers between office workers'
> cubicles?
Berlin pIn tlhoy' DejmoHlu'pu'DI', wanI'vam lopmeH nuq lubom muchwI'pu'?
Think music.
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De'vID
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