[Tlhingan-hol] EuroTalk - New info - Phrases

[David Trimboli]

On 10/31/2011 11:20 AM, Lieven Litaer wrote:
>
> jIghItlh:
>>> nuqDaq 'oH beylI''e'?
>>>
>>> this obvious pun doesn't need a translation :-)
>
> Am 31.10.2011 16:09, schrieb Philip Newton:
>> It's not obvious to me what the pun is....
>
> Hm... no that I'm looking at it, I'm not sure you would see the pun, or
> if it is intended by MO. I don't know if there is an english word like
> that, because when I saw it, I immediately thought of the dutch word
> "balie", which is a counter/desk in a bank.
>
> But if this not the case in english, I doubt it is intended to be a pun.
> It would have been so nice... :-(

Oh, it's a pun all right, but not so obscure. It's steeped in current 
events.

"Bailout."

Why lI' instead of aw'? beylaw' was probably too obvious.

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