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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: qatlhDa'

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (De'vID)
Wed Jul 17 15:31:14 2013

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Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 21:30:55 +0200
From: "De'vID" <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
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>> Klingon word: qatlhDa'
>> Part of speech: noun
>> Definition: pipe for water
>> Source: Marc Okrand, Email 01/09/2012

Pun: A reference to "Why a Duck?", a skit by the Marx brothers, which
plays on the mispronunciation/misunderstanding of the word "viaduct".
({Da'nal} and {Da'vI'} are of course types of Klingon ducks.)

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