On Sat, Aug 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM SuStel via tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol@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@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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