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:
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.
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