<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 8:12 PM Lieven L. Litaer via tlhIngan-Hol <<a href="mailto:tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org">tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org</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">Am 21.02.2023 um 16:23 schrieb Steven Boozer via tlhIngan-Hol:<br>
> Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, February 21, 2023<br>
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> Klingon word: wIlHay<br>
> Part of speech: noun<br>
> Definition: hinge (of a door); spine (of a book)<br>
> Source: qepHom 2021<br>
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> AFAIK never used in a sentence.<br>
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> PUN:<br>
> If there is one, I don't see it. {wIl} spike [construction] + {Hay} area beyond ??<br>
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Well, {Hay} is the pronunciation of {H}, and it's probably a pure<br>
coincidence, but there exists a spine surgeon in Los Angeles named<br>
"William H. Dillin"... and as Okrand was born in L.A., maybe he knows<br>
that person?<br>
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Nah... that's too far fetched I guess. :-D<br></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>My guess is that it's a reference to the playwright and novelist William Inge (whose name is pronounced like "hinge", but without the "H", and who won the best screenplay at the 1961 Oscars). Okrand's in-jokes are often references to the theatre and film industries. That seems much more likely than some random spinal surgeon in LA.</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">De'vID</div></div>