[tlhIngan Hol] More puns

[De'vID]

On Sat, Aug 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM SuStel via tlhIngan-Hol <
tlhingan-hol at lists.kli.org> wrote:

> On 8/16/2025 12:41 PM, De'vID via tlhIngan-Hol 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".
>
> I'd be more inclined to think of the film Tobor the Great, though I can
> make no connection with the {jIl} part.
>

Maybe "Jill Tobor" is just someone's name that Okrand knows. Maybe this is
a reference to the same {jIl} as "neighbour", and the origin of {jIltob'or}
is an in-joke between them.

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De'vID
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