[tlhIngan Hol] How do we say "burp" ?

Jeremy Silver jp.silver at tiscali.co.uk
Thu Apr 18 03:54:27 PDT 2019


On Thursday, 18 April 2019 09:10:56 BST De'vID wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Apr 2019 at 09:33, Lieven L. Litaer <levinius at gmx.de> wrote:
> > Am 18.04.2019 um 09:22 schrieb Jeremy Silver:
> > > So would it be reasonable to assume everyone's word-list/dictionary is
> > > also missing the extra definition word(s) that cover expelling gas from
> > > said other end?
> > 
> > I would not say so; {boQwI'} contains the word "fart" - although I don't
> > think that word came directly from Okrand's mouth.
> 
> Indeed, I was surprised by mayqel's original message, because {boQwI'}
> recognises "burp" as a search term for {ruq} and {Qep'It} as well.

Fine, perhaps I exaggerated. Not *everyone*, just the some of us who don't 
have boQwI' constantly to hand, or use/maintain other lists.





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