whipping words

[Garson O'Toole]

Laurence Horn wrote
> At 10:41 AM -0500 12/10/09, Joel S. Berson wrote:
>>Can you rule out that it's the imperative?
>
> I think we can given the intonation.

The commercial is viewable on YouTube if you wish to see the
intonation and the context:

A Dominatrix Gets Crackin' with Pistachios Commercial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdsAD-sSM4Y

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