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Re: COMLANG?

From:Eric Christopherson <rakko@...>
Date:Saturday, April 26, 2008, 20:20
On Apr 26, 2008, at 1:58 PM, Philip Newton wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 8:18 PM, ROGER MILLS <rfmilly@...> wrote: >> Stevo wrote: >> >>> There are many homophones in Klingon. I consider that one of its >>> disadvantages. > > One reason is that some scenes with Klingon dialogue later received > different subtitles, so the same sequence of sounds had to mean both > the original text and the "revised" one. > > (For example, "jonta' neH" for "engines only" / "want prisoners!" - > from which comes the animate plural -ta', the concept of "Clipped > Klingon", and the lack of 'e' in {neH} constructions.) > >> I think Mr. Okrand was not without a sense of humor: > > Oh indeed - there are numerous puns in the language. > >> QeD science > > I don't think I ever noticed this one before, though! > >> are a few that struck my funny-bone. > > DaS boot :) > > Also, the names of the fingers come from the names of the Finger Lakes > in New York State, which I thought was pretty interesting. While the > names of the toes come from "This Little Piggy"... > > Cheers, > -- > Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
Cool. Out of curiosity, I Googled "Klingon puns" and found <http:// www.kli.org/wiki/index.php?Puns%20in%20the%20Vocabulary%20of% 20tlhIngan%20Hol>, which lists a lot of puns (and probably some coincidences that look like puns). I'm currently rereading _The Klingon Dictionary_ and have noticed a few puns, but didn't realize there were so many!