"Daytime serials were "soap operas," because manufacturers of laundry soap advertised there. Cowboy movies were "horse operas" by extension. Soap operas came to be called "soaps"; and horse operas, "oaters.
"Sendirøðir um dagin vóru "sápu operur", tí sápuframleðarar lýstu í teimum. Kovboyfilmar vóru "rossa operur" í fluttari merking. "Sápu operur" komu at verða nevndar "soaps"; og "hesta operur" "oaters"."