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

In a message dated 2004:01:04 03:40:56 AM, markjreed@MAIL.COM writes:

>On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 09:54:12PM +0100, Benct Philip Jonsson 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?
>
>Possible,  but it would be an odd word to borrow.  Presumably
>the Klingons had time-telling devices long before contact with
>Earthlings.
    Mayhaps the Ferengi stole them early Klingon time-telling devices...
might explain the depth of disgust Klingons traditionally have for those
big-earred, decadent _Kapitalische Uber Alles_.

>There are some acknowledged loans, such as {qa'vIn} (from "caffeine") for
>"coffee" (I imagine they were already aware of the chemical compound and
>have a (unknown to us) native word for it, but didn't have the beverage . ..)
    EEK! Klingons on "Christian Crank" ;) !!! ::runs for the hills like Hell
& hides::

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