<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">In that case, I feel lucky that it was even something that could be pronounced by a Klingon speaker...</div><br class=""><div class="">
<div>charghwI’ ‘utlh</div><div>(ghaH, ghaH, -Daj)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 22, 2021, at 11:33 AM, SuStel <<a href="mailto:sustel@trimboli.name" class="">sustel@trimboli.name</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/22/2021 11:16 AM, Will Martin
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">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?</pre>
</blockquote><p class=""><b class="">Delaq Do'</b> was not invented by Okrand. It was written by an
episode writer for <i class="">Deep Space Nine.</i> Okrand back-fit it
based on the context in which it was used. There is no pun here.<br class="">
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