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

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Thu May 22 09:10:30 2014

From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 13:10:15 +0000
In-Reply-To: <CA+7zAmPh+6jkjHVKXJHgDEEP+Ev6mQ9jv81XO4T9yR3TLvjwLw@mail.gmail.com>
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Qov ( from Okrand, 8/12/2012):
> "The word for screw is {Hut'In vIl}, which is, of course, a ridgy
> {Hut'In}. Turns out {Hut'In} is the word for nail. Maltz also volunteered
> that the word for spike is {wIl}."

De'vID:
> A reference, of course, to the Nine Inch Nails.

Followed, of course, by a reference to William Pratt ("Spike"), a recurring character on the TV series "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer".


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons



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