[tlhIngan Hol] Expressing "underwear"

Will Martin willmartin2 at mac.com
Mon Apr 22 05:38:24 PDT 2019


{So’lu’bogh Sut} would have worked well in my youth, but Madonna made that term obsolete, not that nobody noticed that she made the term “underwear” obsolete once people started wearing them on the outside, and hip hop made them blingy and obvious for both genders. 

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charghwI’

> On Apr 21, 2019, at 3:49 PM, Lawrence M. Schoen <klingonguy at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 3:18 PM Alan Anderson <qunchuy at alcaco.net> wrote:
>>> On Apr 21, 2019, at 2:55 PM, Lawrence M. Schoen <klingonguy at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> English used the term "small clothes" in the 17th thru 19th centuries, and there are still instances of it being used today. So why not «Sut mach»?
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>> I was about to suggest {SutHom}, which I think works in most contexts where I would say “underwear”.
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> Yes, of course. «SutHom» is much better than «Sut mach», if for no other reason than because you can say «mach SutHom» when they're too snug.
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