On 9/4/2024 6:57 AM, De'vID via tlhIngan-Hol wrote:
On Tue, Sep 3, 2024 at 3:55 PM Steven Boozer via tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org> wrote:
Klingon word: qol'om Part of speech: noun Definition: gold (element) Source: qepHom 2015 p.13
PUN: Gollum? ("I thought of gold as a precious metal. Who else likes precious things more than he should?" [nIqolay Q])
Coloma, California, was the originating site of the California Gold Rush: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coloma,_California
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. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name