[Tlhingan-hol] Puns!

[Will Martin]

So, if “minus” is not the root of the {Su’nIm} origin, are there any famous examples of footprints left by having walked through milk? {Su’} sounds like “shoe” and {nIm} means “milk”. While many Okrand puns are backwards, many also are not.

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> On Nov 1, 2015, at 3:28 PM, Lieven <levinius at gmx.de> wrote:
> 
> 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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