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hbrennan
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Philippines
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 Posted - 11/02/2005 : 03:19:31 AM
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originally posted by jedimom:
Re "Dude", I have noticed in my teenaged daughter and her friends that the word has become so completely meaningless that they now say "dude, man" as in "dude, man, it's cold out here!" instead of just "dude".
By the way, hi everybody. Been busy at school.
Hey jedimom! Nice to see you back, dude. Oh wait...
"...yet it hadn't destroyed his brain."
re: Charles "The Butcher" Benton (1956)
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MikeC
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
749 Posts |
Posted - 11/02/2005 : 10:15:13 AM
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Originally posted by Hinda
Besides me, has anyone ever known anyone who referred to a woman's underpants as her drawers? Come on, we're all to old to giggle.
And has anyone ever known anyone who called a woman's purse her pocketbook?
My mom refers to underwear as drawers, but she's originally
from Ireland.
We also refer to her pocketbook as the thing that she keeps
her purse (IE, her wallet) in, but maybe that's a Jersey thing.
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MikeC
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
749 Posts |
Posted - 11/02/2005 : 10:21:42 AM
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Originally posted by John Nowak
Were there really too many actors with non-American accents that didn't get pigeonholed? The only one I can think of is Arnold. His scripts rarely bothered to mention that he was playing an Austrian immigrant...
Well, Jackie Chan for one. He spoke english reasonably
well (he spent a lot of his formative years in Australia,
do not forget), but when he tried to make it in the US
back in the late 70s ISTR that his accent was one of the
things that held him back (that and prevailing attitudes
about non-white leading men).
As far as Arnold, I do recall that in some of his early
movies they would often insert some expository dialog
explaining his accent, most gratuitously in COMMANDO
when he complains to Alyssa Milano about how spoiled
American youths are compared to when he was growing up
in East Germany.
But, since a lot of his movies were not set in the present
day (CONAN, RUNNING MAN, TOTAL RECALL) they never had
to really explain his accent. And as far as TERMINATOR
et al: who's to say that Skynet didn't subcontract out
the vocoder circuits in the T-series to its European
subsidiaries?
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John Nowak
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
1017 Posts |
Posted - 11/02/2005 : 2:53:43 PM
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Originally posted by MikeC
And as far as TERMINATOR
et al: who's to say that Skynet didn't subcontract out
the vocoder circuits in the T-series to its European
subsidiaries?
Heck, I'd have done the same thing -- making the Terminators appear foreign would be a good way to explain why they don't get Bugs Bunny jokes and stuff.
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We've always been united in stupidity. That's why there is no hope. But, then again, when has that ever stopped us?
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jedimom
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
1239 Posts |
Posted - 11/04/2005 : 2:00:10 PM
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Originally posted by Hinda
Besides me, has anyone ever known anyone who referred to a woman's underpants as her drawers? Come on, we're all to old to giggle.
And has anyone ever known anyone who called a woman's purse her pocketbook?
I have heard people say "drawers" for underwear, and I myself say "pocketbook".
"Oh, that is so lame! You will pay for your use of inappropriate dialogue!" --Mojo Jojo, "Power Prof" |
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Joe
Archdeacon of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 11/09/2005 : 09:53:13 AM
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I'm a little late jumping into this conversation, but I thought I'd add my two cents anyway.
After moving from Detroit to Nashville, I received the expected strange stares when I asked for a "pop", but I got an even more confused reaction when I asked where the nearest "party store" was. Is anyone here (that's not from Michigan) know what a party store is? (Hint: Not a place to buy party favors or confetti.)
Speaking of dialects, while I was studying in Germany, I was amazed at not only the number of dialects they have in such a relatively small country, but how different said dialects were. Most of them were like different languages altogether. There were the main dialects (Schwäbisch, Bavarian, etc.), but it seemed like every little village had their own exclusive dialect as well (which, approximately, 30 people spoke). My first day in Germany I remember stepping off the plane and being immediately greeted by a Bavarian man. You can imagine my horror when he spoke and I had no idea what he was saying (considering I had already studied the language for three years).
Neville: Interesting point about Australian syllable emphasis. Did Stig talk like that in Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare? |
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Neville
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Spain
1590 Posts |
Posted - 11/09/2005 : 5:06:30 PM
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Originally posted by Joe
I'm a little late jumping into this conversation, but I thought I'd add my two cents anyway.
After moving from Detroit to Nashville, I received the expected strange stares when I asked for a "pop", but I got an even more confused reaction when I asked where the nearest "party store" was. Is anyone here (that's not from Michigan) know what a party store is? (Hint: Not a place to buy party favors or confetti.)
Speaking of dialects, while I was studying in Germany, I was amazed at not only the number of dialects they have in such a relatively small country, but how different said dialects were. Most of them were like different languages altogether. There were the main dialects (Schw�bisch, Bavarian, etc.), but it seemed like every little village had their own exclusive dialect as well (which, approximately, 30 people spoke). My first day in Germany I remember stepping off the plane and being immediately greeted by a Bavarian man. You can imagine my horror when he spoke and I had no idea what he was saying (considering I had already studied the language for three years).
Neville: Interesting point about Australian syllable emphasis. Did Stig talk like that in Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare?
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Neville
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Spain
1590 Posts |
Posted - 11/09/2005 : 5:09:20 PM
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| Alright, the quoting thingy seems a bit too much for me to master. Answering your question, Joe, I can't say, because I haven't seen that movie you mention. And now that I mention it, I can't remember watching any other recent Australian movie than Lost things, so maybe I should go wild and order all those Paul Hogan DVDs. |
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Joe
Archdeacon of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 11/10/2005 : 11:32:43 AM
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Originally posted by Neville
Alright, the quoting thingy seems a bit too much for me to master. Answering your question, Joe, I can't say, because I haven't seen that movie you mention. And now that I mention it, I can't remember watching any other recent Australian movie than Lost things, so maybe I should go wild and order all those Paul Hogan DVDs.
Forget Paul Hogan. Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare should be at the top of your list. Actually, it should be on the top of everybody's list. |
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