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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/14/2021 8:08 AM,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:luis.chaparro@web.de">luis.chaparro@web.de</a> wrote:<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">In the Klingon Wiki I've found there is a pun on this word: <b class="moz-txt-star"><span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span>babe<span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span></b> (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://klingon.wiki/Word/Be" moz-do-not-send="true">http://klingon.wiki/Word/Be</a>-). I'd like to know if this is confirmed by Okrand?
I've been also wondering if the homonymy with the suffix *-be'* is intentional (e.g. based on some pecularity of the Klingon culture) or just coincidental. I've found this thread here: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.kli.org/tlhIngan-Hol/2003/October/msg00117.html" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.kli.org/tlhIngan-Hol/2003/October/msg00117.html</a>, but since it's a bit old, I don't know if we have more recent information about this.</pre>
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<p>I haven't heard any such confirmation, and I strongly doubt there
is supposed to be any connection between <b>be'</b><i> woman</i>
and <b>-be'</b><i> not.</i> Sexist jokes are not Okrand's style.<br>
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