[Tlhingan-hol] Eurotalk - New Words - Shopping

[Michael Roney, Jr. PKT]

On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Qov <robyn at flyingstart.ca> wrote:
>> sunglasses - mIn QanwI' nguv
>
> I guessed mIn QanwI'

Those would be what I wear every day.
Glad to have a word for them now.

>> pencil - ghojmoH ghItlhwI'
>
> Interesting perspective of how Marc views pencils.

Indeed.

>> razor - rol taj
>
> I guessed pob taj and then laughed at rol taj, because well, I'm never going
> to need a rol taj.  (petamchoH! be'Daq pob 'oHtaH!)

LOL! As a male I just accepted the word.

>> towel - QaDmoHwI' DIr
>
> I have just called it a QaDmoHwI'

The {DIr} is interesting here.
Obviously 21st Century Humans don't use animal skins to dry themselves.
But it makes me wonder if Klingons do (or did).
This may be an actual Klingon term...

>> cassette - wab qoSta' 'aplo'
>
> I had no guess and nothing but open mouthed astonishment at the least useful
> word in the list engendering two new Klingon words. Oh Marc, what is the
> word for punchcard? cuniform writing? I guess we already have stone tablet.

I guess we know how long ago Eurotalk made their first software...

>> television - HaSta jIH
>
> That's weird.  HaSta and jIH sort of mean the same thing.

I found it interesting as well.

>
>> saucepan - Se'tu'
>
> Damn, Klingon is just like English for me now: multiple words for "cooking
> vessel" and I have no idea which one is which or why. I call them all
> saucepans, and when the recipe says to use a dutch oven, or a frying pan or
> a stockpot or whatever, I just put the food in one that is big enough and
> cook it.

I also can't keep them straight.

>> batteries - 'ul 'aplo'mey
>
> Good name.

We see {'aplo'} in both "cassete" and "batteries".
I don't have it listed in my notes.

~'anan naHQun

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