[Tlhingan-hol] Puns!

[Lieven]

Am 31.10.2015 um 10:28 schrieb De'vID:
> I suspect that, like Shirley Silver and Jill the neighbour, it may be

About Shirley Silver, you were right, but there is a tiny detail to 
know: She died several weeks ago, during the period when Okrand was 
searching for a word. So he said it was a tribute to her.

> the case that this is a reference to a Noah of Marc Okrand's
> acquaintance.

Okrand tdid not say what it is to me, but he said that the Noah thing is 
not related to the bible-noah and that it is very complicated pun. but 
not so complicated that nobody would fin dit it.

>> {Su'nIm} = profile (of a shoe, fingerprint, etc.)
>> It reads "minus" backwards. Maybe because the profile of a shoe is the
>> negative of the print it leaves in the mud?

Okrand's reaction: "Oh that's a nice idea, I didn't think of that." So 
it's not that.


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