lolSeHcha

attitude-control thrusters

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

lolʂɛxt͡ʃɑ

Sound out lolSeHcha letter by letter:

• lll as in 'lay'
• ooo as in 'go'
• lll as in 'lay'
• Sʂretroflex sh, between English 's' and 'sh'
• eɛe as in 'bed'
• Hxharsh h, as in Scottish 'loch' or German 'Bach'
• cht͡ʃch as in 'chew'
• aɑa as in 'father'

• Weirdly, although Maltz said he knew of no noun meaning "attitude," the noun lol may show up in lolSeHcha attitude control thrusters. Although the middle element of this wold, SeH, is certainly the verb control, the full etymology of this word is far from clear. (If the final element, cha, is, in fact, cha torpedoes, this may shed some light on early versions of the device. On the other hand, something else may be going on here; maybe lolSeHcha is shortened from a longer construction. Maltz didn't know the answer, but he said it was an interesting question.) [HolQeD-11-2 pp.8--9]

TKD · HolQeD-11-2 pp.8--9

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