Re: Vulcan & Egyptian?
Tr' Voyd 
Mon, 16 Mar 1998 00:01:39 -0500



Adam Ophir Shapira wrote:

> At 10:15 AM -0800 2/21/98, Patrick J Ferree wrote:
>
> >>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, ....
>
> I seriously doubt that the car commercial was serious about
> anything other than convincing people to buy a certain kind
> of vehicle. I do not think that it would be considered even
> a remotely serious source of information regarding the form
> of language used in Egypt.
>
> ---------<exerpt ends here.>---------
>

This one begs to differ as successful commercial campaigns strive for accuracy
in facts that don't  directly pertain to the product itself (that's another
essay) for the reason  that this was a national commercial (meaning it was
broadcast all over the U,S.) and a campaign with such a scope can't afford to
not attend to details such as this since there are a bloc of Americans who
either hail from Egypt or are speakers of the language, and advertisers for
such mass produced consumer products are attempting to convince and sell their
products to everyone.



Tr' Voyd