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Re: Klingon and puns (was Re: Klingon grammar)

From:Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Saturday, January 3, 2004, 20:56
At 19:00 3.1.2004, Mark J. Reed wrote:

> {tlhaQ} (which sounds a lot like >"clock" under the assumption that {tlhIngan} sounds like "Klingon") >means "chronometer",
Couldn't that be supposed to be an English loanword, since Trek Earthlings speak English? /BP 8^) -- B.Philip Jonsson mailto:melrochX@melroch.se (delete X) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~__ A h-ammen ledin i phith! \ \ __ ____ ____ _____________ ____ __ __ __ / / \ \/___ \\__ \ /___ _____/\ \\__ \\ \ \ \\ \ / / / / / / / \ / /Melroch\ \_/ // / / // / / / / /___/ /_ / /\ \ / /'Aestan ~\_ // /__/ // /__/ / /_________//_/ \_\/ /Eowine __ / / \___/\_\\___/\_\ Gwaedhvenn Angeliniel\ \______/ /a/ /_h-adar Merthol naun ~~~~~~~~~Kuinondil~~~\________/~~\__/~~~Noolendur~~~~~~ || Lenda lenda pellalenda pellatellenda kuivie aiya! || "A coincidence, as we say in Middle-Earth" (JRR Tolkien)

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