[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: la'qab

[Steven Boozer]

Slim (Lauren Bacall) tells Steve (Humphrey Bogart) that he doesn't need to anything else to get her attention. "Except maybe whistle. You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow.” (“To Have and Have Not”, 1944).  For the scene, see

https://slate.com/culture/2014/08/lauren-bacall-s-whistle-scene-remembering-the-late-actress-performance-in-to-have-and-have-not-video.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyfKG5m5PWY

Voragh

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From: tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol-bounces at lists.kli.org> On Behalf Of Will Martin via tlhIngan-Hol
Sent: Monday, October 7, 2024 5:21 PM

… Actually, I think one of her more famous movie lines was her suggesting that if the person she’s talking to wants her attention, he should just whistle… and then gave instructions on how to shape your lips to whistle.

pItlh

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On Oct 7, 2024, at 10:00 AM, Klingon Word of the Day via tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol at lists.kli.org<mailto:tlhingan-hol at lists.kli.org>> wrote:

Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, October 07, 2024

Klingon word: la'qab
Part of speech: noun
Definition: whistle sound produced by one's mouth and lips
Source: qepHom 2023



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