[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: maq

SuStel sustel at trimboli.name
Mon Feb 22 08:33:53 PST 2021


On 2/22/2021 11:16 AM, Will Martin wrote:
> If you play with forward and backward stuff in English and Klingon and play with the fact that the English word “lead” can be pronounced two different ways, then {Delaq Do’} becomes potentially interpreted as, “I lead the vessel."
>
> But even Okrand doesn’t stretch puns THAT far.
>
> Does he?

*Delaq Do'* was not invented by Okrand. It was written by an episode 
writer for /Deep Space Nine./ Okrand back-fit it based on the context in 
which it was used. There is no pun here.

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SuStel
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