[Tlhingan-hol] {warjun} {tlher} je

[Steven Boozer]

Was Wally's friend Clarence ever referred to by the short form "Clar(e)"?  Wally did refer to "the Beaver" as "Beave" or "the Beave" on occasion IIRC,

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From: lojmIt tI'wI'nuv [mailto:lojmitti7wi7nuv at gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 1:53 PM


Even so, that's six disyllable verbs out of what I count as 908 non-derivative verbs. That's 902 monosyllabic verbs. That's a pretty strong trend. So, when wanting to make a verb meaning "lumpy" out of Clarence Rutherford's name, there's pressure to call it {tlher} and not {tlherenSe'}, since that would create the first trisyllable verb in the language, and the concept of being lumpy is just not important enough to be that exceptional.


On Mar 19, 2012, at 10:08 PM, André Müller wrote:
On Mar 19, 2012, at 6:52 PM, Terrence Donnelly wrote:

> Lumpy's sister was named Violet. I don't know if there was a Claire on that show.
>
> -- ter'eS
>
> --- On Mon, 3/19/12, Terrence Donnelly <terrence.donnelly at sbcglobal.net<mailto:terrence.donnelly at sbcglobal.net>> wrote:
>
>> From: Terrence Donnelly <terrence.donnelly at sbcglobal.net<mailto:terrence.donnelly at sbcglobal.net>>
>> Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] {warjun} {tlher} je
>>
>> --- On Mon, 3/19/12, Robyn Stewart <robyn at flyingstart.ca<mailto:robyn at flyingstart.ca>>
>> wrote:
>>>> Does anyone know the pun behind {tlher}?
>>>
>>> I can't remember whether it was the Beaver or his big
>>> brother, but one of them had a pal named Lumpy.
>>>
>>
>> The Beaver's big brother, Wally, had a friend named Clarence
>> Rutherford, who was nicknamed Lumpy. His little sister, who
>> was in Beaver's class, was named Claire.
>>
>> -- ter'eS


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