Archive of Okrandian Canon
| Author | Steven Boozer |
|---|---|
| Date | 2011-10-24 |
| Summary | Pun in the new word Se’vIr, and in paq and buq. |
| Title | [Tlhingan-hol] new word found |
| Type |
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:38:54 -0500 Thread-Topic: [Tlhingan-hol] new word found
Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] new word found
Considering my day job at the University of Chicago Library, I should have thought of that. As a linguist Okrand would certainly be aware of the academic publisher Elsevier. He's made two previous puns on Pocket Books, his New York publisher: i.e. {paq} and {buq}.
--Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
> -----Original Message-----> ja Voragh:
>> Cool. There's got to be a pun in {Se'vIr} but I can't see it!
>
> Me neither, but one simple google search ("sevir publication") gave me
> one which is quite obvious. I doubt it's a coincidence:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed_Elsevier
>
> "Reed Elsevier is a publisher and information provider operating in
> the science, medical, legal, risk and business sectors."
>
> who knows... :-)
>
> Lieven.
>
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