On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 10:21 AM, nIqolay Q <niqolay0@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 10:06 AM, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
PUN: "Bobby Pickett's classic novelty song Monster Mash was released in 1962 on Garpax Records. {tlhapragh} backwards is {gharpatlh}, which is almost a transliteration of Garpax. I say 'almost' because 'x' is usually transliterated as {Q}, not {tlh}. Maybe Okrand wanted to mix it up a little." (nIqolay Q, 12/12/2017)
I later remembered that "x" is the "xifan hol" character for {tlh}. boQwI' (which I'm pretty sure MO uses) has it as an option to make searches easier to type on a phone, giving MO a powerful new technique for making puns.
Marc uses an iPhone, which didn't have a version of boQwI' in 2017, so he was probably using Hol 'ampaS at the time. Not saying the pun idea is wrong though. :) qurgh