[tlhIngan Hol] New words at the qep'a'
Russ Perry Jr.
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Sat Jul 23 21:50:07 PDT 2016
And possibly this one:
'uma' n. petal
...is a reference to Uma Thurman as Poison Ivy?
On Jul 23, 2016, at 9:25 AM, nIqolay Q wrote:
> I found another one:
>
> {Suntay'} "pollen", sounds like (ge)sundheit. Pollen makes a lot of people sneeze.
>
> On Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 7:53 AM, Rhona Fenwick <qeslagh at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> ghItlhpu' nIqolay, jatlh:
> > There are a lot of good puns in this group of words. Here's the ones I've found:
>
> (Pun spoilers ahead here too.)
>
> There are a few in there I noticed, but you've picked up on most of them as well. Given the complexity of the "virus" one (which I didn't see), I'm impressed you got it so quickly. Well done also on the DNA one - I got hung up on the initial {roS-}, because one of the scientists who played a key role in the discovery of DNA's structure was *Ros*alind Franklin.
>
> Another one is {yomIj} "neutron" which, when spelled backwards, is {jImoy} "beloved Jim" - or "Jimmy", as in "Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius". And {'oynot} "flesh" surely can't be anything but a Shakespearean reference: spelled backwards again, it becomes {tonyo'} - that is, Antonio, the eponymous Merchant of Venice from whom the moneylender Shylock sought his "pound of flesh".
>
> QeS 'utlh
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