<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Look in Wikipedia under “High Steppers”.<div><br></div><div>I was led there by seeing {QaplaStep} as “Hi, Step”, and knew that high stepping is a very percussive traditional folk dance for Black Americans performed by Matthew Olwell (son and brother of the father/son team famous among traditional Irish flute wooden makers). I’ve seen a very impressive demonstration of it. It’s very athletic/aerobic.</div><div><br></div><div>At first, I figured that the dance is probably done to a reel (4/4 time) instead of a jig (6/8 time), but then figured I should look in Wikipedia to check and bingo.</div><div><br></div><div>Apparently, Okrand likes old silent films.<br><br><div dir="ltr">charghwI’<div><br></div><div>Sent from my iPad</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Mar 25, 2021, at 5:38 AM, De'vID <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 6 Jan 2021 at 16:19, Steven Boozer <<a href="mailto:sboozer@uchicago.edu" target="_blank">sboozer@uchicago.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, January 06, 2021<br>
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Klingon word: SupDIng<br>
Part of speech: noun<br>
Definition: cotton-like plant<br>
Source: qep'a' 27 [2020]<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>A reference to this traditional American folk song, which has the lyrics "jump ({Sup}) down, spin ({DIng}) around":</div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pick_a_Bale_of_Cotton" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pick_a_Bale_of_Cotton</a><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">QaplaStep spool, reel, spindle (n) [qep'a' 2020]</blockquote><div> </div><div>I feel like the pun here is "one step short of success". I also feel like it has to be some sort of a film editing pun, given Dr. Okrand's professional history. But I can't quite work it out. Anyone have any ideas?</div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr">De'vID</div></div>
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