On 9/9/2020 1:23 AM, RE Andeen wrote:

I have found what may well be the most obscure pun yet discovered in the vocabulary of tlhIngan Hol – <SuS> (“wind, breeze; blow into a wind instrument”).

The Kashmiri word for “lungs” is <shoosh>.

I’m sure many will argue that it’s just a coincidence, that both words have an obvious onomatopoeic origin. But we do all know how clever Marc Okrand is.

It's just a coincidence. Both words have an obvious onomatopoeic origin. And we do all know how readily Klingonists will attribute coincidences to the cleverness of Marc Okrand. :)

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