[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: pe'bIl

[De'vID]

On Sat, 2 Feb 2019 at 11:15, Lieven L. Litaer <levinius at gmx.de> wrote:

> Am 02.02.2019 um 08:19 schrieb De'vID:
> > I feel like there must be a cinematic reference here. "Lightning Bill"
> > (or "Lightnin' Bill") was the name of several movie characters. But I
> > can't figure out what the {pe'} is doing there.
>
> Okay, maybe far fetched, but the Actor is William Bailey.
>
> Bailey William
> Bai--- Bill---
> pe'    bIl
>
> Just a thought...
>

Well, if we're going to stretch that much, it might be that there's no pun
at all, or Okrand thought "Lightning Bill" but decided {bIl} was too short
and added a meaningless syllable, or he though {bIl} and then decided to
make it more similar to {pe'vIl}. Or maybe Okrand has a Pebble smartwatch
and it shows a little "lightning" symbol whenever he charges it, and that's
why he thinks "pebble" whenever he thinks "lightning".

Also, how would one express "stretch" (as in literally pull something apart
like an elastic band) in Klingon? I guess for the metaphorical meaning a
Klingon might say something like {notlhchoH tonSaw'lIj} or {chatlh Dajab}.

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De'vID
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