I think you are on to something. Maybe ALL of the puns we’ve been tracking are English puns based on the original Klingon, like the works of Shakespeare…
On Oct 4, 2022, at 11:15 AM, SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name> wrote:
On 10/4/2022 7:52 AM, Lieven L. Litaer wrote:
For many years, I thought that the pun behind the word {'Iw} is the reaction of peeple who say "Eeeew" when they see blood.
Now I was recently involved in a film production, where I saw a bottle of fake blood. The fake blood can be used internally (i.e. in your mouth), external, and it's washable. These three words are abbreviated on the bottle, simply reading "IEW".
Knowing that Okrand worked on TV sets, it is possible that this is not just a coincidence. But maybe it really is just a coincidence, maybe we'll never know.
Or maybe the company that made the fake blood was making the same joke that Okrand was making, saying "Eeeew" to the blood.
-- SuStel http://trimboli.name
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