tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Jan 12 20:12:26 1997
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Re: Hallmark Commercial (was Re: lut tlhaQ)
- From: "eric d. zay" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Hallmark Commercial (was Re: lut tlhaQ)
- Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 23:16:59 -0500
> |> Actually in the Hallmark commerical <wov> was used as a noun.
> |
> |Did Okrand write the dialogue for that commercial?
> |
> |SuSvaj
>
> Yes he did, though the last couple of lines are somewhat uncertain since
> they were mangled by the two actors playing crewmen. (Robert O'Reilly,
> however, did a good job with his lines). Anyone know what they were?
toH, tlhIngan Hol DIp teH 'oH <wov> 'e'. QaQqu'!!
However I find the sentence *Qapqu' wov, po' 'oH jan Hov'e'* somewhat
bewildering. I can believe that <wov> refers to the mechanical lights, but
*jan Hov* is strange. It doesn't actually mean "star device". That would
be *Hov jan*.
SuSvaj