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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/4/2024 6:57 AM, De'vID via
tlhIngan-Hol wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Sep 3, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Steven Boozer via tlhIngan-Hol <<a href="mailto:tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org</a>>
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Klingon word: qol'om<br>
Part of speech: noun<br>
Definition: gold (element)<br>
Source: qepHom 2015 p.13<br>
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PUN: Gollum? ("I thought of gold as a precious metal. Who else
likes precious things more than he should?" [nIqolay Q])<br>
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<div>Coloma, California, was the originating site of the
California Gold Rush:</div>
<div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coloma,_California" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coloma,_California</a></div>
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<p>This is a prime example of how to spot an Okrandian pun. If the
word only kind of skims the joke with a degree of separation or
two, you're on the wrong track. An Okrandian pun always hits it
right on the nose with a direct reference.<br>
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