[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: HI'

[David Trimboli]

On 2/10/2012 12:05 PM, Terrence Donnelly wrote:
 >
> --- On Fri, 2/10/12, Gaerfindel<gaerfindel at hotmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> wrote:
>>> Klingon word: HI'
>>> Part of speech: noun
>>> Definition: dictator
>>
>> jang SuStel
>>> Huh. I never noticed before that that's a pun word.
>>>
>> Reminds me of {HI'tuy} which is even more of a pun.
 >
 > Maybe someone could enlighten me; I don't get either one.

{HI'} is the first syllable of "Hitler." Pronounced in English, the "t" 
is not aspirated, and sounds very much like a glottal stop.

I don't see a pun in {HI'tuy}.

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