Re: Vulcan & Egyptian?
Steven Boozer 
Mon, 9 Mar 1998 09:35:38 -0600 (CST)

: The car commercial. The one with the slogan, "Wider is better." (Just
: when you want to remember a name....) They say something like, "Today the
: onscription still reads..." and they say Wider is Better in Egyptian.
: (Apparently)  It sounds a lot like Vulcan to me, although I haven't
: studied the language personally, and am only basing this upon a
: commercial; It is why I asked if anyone else noticed a similarity due to
: some on this list's language education.
: 
: Patrick J Ferree (Pferree*juno,com)
 
I've never seen that commercial.  Could you transcribe the "Egyptian" in it
for us.  If you've taped it, you might be able to see a transcription by
turning on the Closed Captions if your TV set can display them.

Offhand, I can't remember how to say "wider is better".  If I have the time,
I'll pull out my old copy of Gardiner's _Egyptian Grammar_ (the standard
Middle Egyptian textbook) and Faulkner's dictionary of ME.

 
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