[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon architecture

Qov robyn at flyingstart.ca
Thu Jan 12 16:21:55 PST 2012


I call it duct tape, and consider "duck tape" to 
be an eggcorn, but there'a actually a brand name 
with the word Duck in it, so it's legit. And yes, it's pretty famous.

Sutmey, bIQ Dujmey je chenmoHmeH lulo' nuvpu'!

- Qov

At 16:09 12/01/2012, André Müller wrote:

Duck tape must be very famous in Canada. ;)

>SCNR
>- André
>
>
>2012/1/12 De'vID jonpIn 
><<mailto:de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com>de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com>
>
>
>De'vID:
> >>> chaq {qatlhDa' tlhegh Hum}, {qatlhDa' HumwI'} ghap vIlo'laH.
>
>Quvar:
> >> I don't get that. What do you think is a {qatlhDa'}?
>
>De'vID:
> > qa'naDa'ngan SoHbe'mo' ghaytanHa' {*DoqSuD 
> much} Daleghpu'.  {*DoqSuD much} Daleghchugh, 
> Hoch tI' {qatlhDa' HumwI'} 'e' DaSovbej.
> >
> > 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Green_Show>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Green_Show
>
>In case it's too much of a 
>Canadianism/Americanism to make sense, I was 
>going for "duct/duck tape".  There's a Canadian 
>proverb, "Duct tape fixes everything", made 
>popular by a TV show called "The Red Green Show" 
>where the title character... uses duct tape to fix everything.
>
>As {ghunchu'wI'} pointed out, {qatlhDa'} is a 
>pun on "Why a Duck" (duct, i.e., "water pipe").Â
>
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