[Tlhingan-hol] wIlpuq

[Tad Stauffer]

I just noticed a possible origin/pun for "pudding" {wIlpuq}, if we parse it
as:
{*wIl} + {puq} --> Wil+child --> Wilson

There's a Mark Twain book/character named "Pudd'nhead Wilson":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pudd%27nhead_Wilson

-Tad

On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 11:20 AM, David Trimboli <david at trimboli.name>wrote:

> On 12/14/2012 10:19 AM, Steven Boozer wrote:
>
>>
>>  Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, December 14, 2012
>>>
>>> Klingon word:   wIlpuq
>>> Part of speech: noun
>>> Definition:     pudding
>>> Source: Marc Okrand to Lawrence M. Schoen at qep'a' 2008
>>>
>>
>> PUN:
>> "will puke" <g>
>>
>
> I doubt that is what Okrand had in mind. I guess that it's a reference to
> a child named Will who is associated with pudding in some way.
>
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