[tlhIngan Hol] More puns

[James Landau]

    On Saturday, August 16, 2025 at 09:41:47 AM PDT, De'vID <de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com> wrote: 
>On Tue, Jul 22, 2025 at 3:27 AM James Landau via tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol at lists.kli.org> wrote:>>jIltob'or (classic): This is "your robot" backwards, but does anyone get how this ties in with the concept of being a classic?>>{tob} "test" and {'or} "pilot" = "test pilot"? There is a classic movie (starring Clark Gable) named "Test Pilot", but I can find no connection >to anyone named "Jill". 
Hmmmmm . . .

>>roqlIpe' (civilian): "Apple core" backwards, but how do apple cores relate to civilian life?
>>Probably a reference to "Apple Corps", the company established by The Beatles. One of their business ventures was "Apple Tailoring >Civil and Theatrical" which made clothes for both theatrical productions and "civilians".
 Apple Corps, as in Apple Records? Well, it looks as if you've found the answer!

>>Selrach (ladder): Obviously "Charles" backwards, but googling didn't find the connection. Does Marc Okrand know a Charles Ladder >>(or Charles Latter)?
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>Maybe Charles Lederer, the film director? (Okrand does like his movie references. But there are so many "Charles".)


I've never even heard of Charles Lederer. I associate the surname Lederer with Richard Lederer, the guy who writes all those books about playing with the English language. But it is quite likely -- "Lederer" is close enough to "ladder" that it could work.  
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