Re: Another strange phrase

On Jul 31, 8:30 am, Mike M <mikmoo...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 31 Jul, 14:23, Pygmalion <ma...@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.

Whether or not it is an accurate transcription, it's worth knowing
that "to have a live one" *is* an English colloquial phrase.

It refers obliquely to fishing or hunting, and to say "We've got a
live one here!" means that this person is more than usually
"interesting", feisty, combative, or whatever (as opposed to an inert
"dead" one, presumably).

http://www.amazon.com/Weve-Got-Live-One-Here/dp/B000002KGE/ref=sr_1_1...

To me, it would most often point out an innocent customer for a sales
person, or a sucker for a con man, or the next victim of a prank.
--
John

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