Re: Another strange phrase


"irwell" <hook@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:26:02 -0700, Pygmalion <marko@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On 31 jul., 15:01, Isabelle Cecchini
<isabelle.cecch...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Pygmalion a écrit :
[...]



Well, I was reading official transcript, but I hear rather "You
have a
RIVAL here tonight" - RIVAL rather than LIVE ONE
Anyone with a Pygmalion (1938) in his videotheque, help.

"...a rival here tonight" is definitely what I can hear too.

Is that the transcript you are referring
to?http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/p/pygmalion-script-transcr...
It's not really "official" in any sense of the word, I think.

There are some extracts of the book--the whole text is not
available,
unfortunately--
here:http://www.google.fr/books?id=D2jJuoQ-UhoC&pg=PA70&ots=7KwrDAJtpy&dq=...
orhttp://tinyurl.com/yrdkpg
which confirm your --and my-- hearing of the text
--
Isabelle Cecchini

Hm, I was looking another transcript, but guess it was not "official"
after all. Nevertheless, as English is not my native tongue, I just
wanted to be sure while translating it. After seeing the film so many
times, I know the text by the heart.

Thanks and regards,

Marko.
OK! OK! We believe you.

I have a neighbor who is from India. After eating with her at an Indian
restaurant, I noticed that she had not taken much food (it was a
buffet), and had left the table frequently to go to the bathroom. Upon
leaving, I asked her what was the problem.

She said something that sounded like "a hard one", and I really,
honestly, thought she was talking about constipation. After some
moments trying to clear up the matter we arrived at "a heartburn". She
was embarrassed and so was I.

She is still over working, living on Tums, doing overtime, and unable to
eat more than a mouthful at a time. Her job does have health insurance.
She lost a week of work 2 weeks ago, and shouldn't be doing overtime,
but she has two huge projects she is working toward: sending her son
back to India (he is a US citizen now) for a short stay, and purchasing
a sofa.

That is the old immigrant spirit. Sure glad I don't have to have it,
though.

Pat Durkin,
retired,
Wisconsin


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