Cómo podría traducir el título de la nueva película de W. Smith "handcock"? Gracias y saludos
handcock [Hancock]
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I think you will find it is called Hancock not Handcock and is the name of the hero, John Hancock, played by Will Smith.
A pesar de ser el apellido del personaje, parece que hay un juego de palabras entre Hancock y "capullo" en la versión española de la película. Lo que hace pensar que en la jerga estadounidense, "capullo" debe tener una fonética parecida a Hancock. ¿Alguien lo puede confirmar?
I have never heard that. Cocoon is capullo and I have never heard anyone call a cocoon a hancock. However, we do use the word hancock to mean someone's signature. This comes from back in the days when our founding fathers were signing the Constitution. One of those old guys was named John Hancock.
According to the Longman online dictionary:
Hancock, John
(1737-93) a US politician who was the president of the Continental Congress before the US became an independent country, and was the first person to write his name on the Declaration of Independence
Hancock, John
(1737-93) a US politician who was the president of the Continental Congress before the US became an independent country, and was the first person to write his name on the Declaration of Independence
Hi greenie,
I think Cruz is talking about "capullo" not as cocoon but as jerk.
Cheers.
Ant
Hancock doesn't have a secondary meaning as far as I know. There is no play on words in the American title of the movie Hancock -- it's just a guy's last name.
Yo no lo traduciría, ya que es el apellido del héroe.
Claro, gracias. A veces estoy un poco lenta.
Hancock was leaving the hospital after suffering from amnesia and a nurse asked for his "John Hancock", meaning his signature (as Pichuchis says, it's the name of the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence) He thought John Hancock was his name.
Quiche, THANKS. I love this tidbits, It all now makes sense.
Great!
Great!