tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 13 17:34:37 1997
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Re: Hallmark Commercial (was Re: lut tlhaQ)
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>Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 20:22:25 -0800
>From: "eric d. zay" <[email protected]>
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>> |> Actually in the Hallmark commerical <wov> was used as a noun.
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>> |Did Okrand write the dialogue for that commercial?
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>> |SuSvaj
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>> 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?
Trouble is, we don't know what the script of the commercial is either!
>toH, tlhIngan Hol DIp teH 'oH <wov> 'e'. QaQqu'!!
chaq.
>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*.
I seem remember this line saying something like "Qapchu' Hovmey" or
"wovchu' Hovmey," but I did not really work at making them out, nor have I
heard the commercial in years, so don't trust me.
However, we DON'T have the actual text of the commercial! All we have is
what some folks heard, and you've heard here already how uncertain that
is. I tend to regard such things as "semi-canon" or "potential canon,"
since we don't actually have the canon, but only a possible set of words
filtered through individuals' perceptions, biases, and assorted
pronunciation and discernment problems. I personally try not to rely on
such things absent other confirmation. It's something to keep in mind, but
not yet canon. Not to me, anyway.
~mark
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