[tlhIngan Hol] Pun

SuStel sustel at trimboli.name
Wed Sep 9 05:52:44 PDT 2020


On 9/9/2020 1:23 AM, RE Andeen wrote:
>
> I have found what may well be the most obscure pun yet discovered in 
> the vocabulary of tlhIngan Hol – <SuS> (“wind, breeze; blow into a 
> wind instrument”).
>
> The Kashmiri word for “lungs” is <shoosh>.
>
> I’m sure many will argue that it’s just a coincidence, that both words 
> have an obvious onomatopoeic origin. But we do all know how clever 
> Marc Okrand is.
>
It's just a coincidence. Both words have an obvious onomatopoeic origin. 
And we do all know how readily Klingonists will attribute coincidences 
to the cleverness of Marc Okrand. :)

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SuStel
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