[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: chuy
SuStel
sustel at trimboli.name
Mon Mar 21 08:14:39 PDT 2022
On 3/21/2022 11:07 AM, Lieven L. Litaer wrote:
> Am 21.03.2022 um 15:56 schrieb SuStel:
>>> Klingon word: chuy
>>> Part of speech: verb
>>> Definition: sneeze
>>> PUN: ah-choo!
>>
>> I wouldn't call this a pun; it's onomatopoeia.
>
> I would say that the onomatopoeia is the pun. ;-)
That's not what a pun is. A pun is a joke that relies on ambiguous or
multiple meanings of words being mixed together. Onomatopoeia is a word
that imitates the sound of what it describes or what it is associated
with. *chuy* does not mix together ambiguous or multiple meanings; it
simply imitates the sound of what it describes.
--
SuStel
http://trimboli.name
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