Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: "Mickey Blue Eyes" e "Notting Hill"

In questi giorni ho visto "Mickey Blue Eyes" e "Notting Hill".
Vale la pena di vedere il primo anche solo per Hugh Grant che impara a
parlare come un italo-americano:
- Fuggedaboudid.
- Id?
e James Fox ("The Remains of the Day"), il capo di Michael, che fa il
deficiente e ruba gli occhiali a Vito, di cui non ho capito questa battuta:
http://xoomer.virgilio.it/fb83/mickey1.mp3
 (97 Kb)
- Nothing's goin' on.
- Johnny, ...
"Notting Hill". È interessante l'accento del compagno d'appartamento di
Hugh Grant, che nel film si dice essere gallese. Sembra un po' scozzese.
Può essere? Ecco una battuta che non ho del tutto capito:
http://xoomer.virgilio.it/fb83/pandora.mp3
 (152 Kb)
"I knew a girl at school called Pandora. Never got to see her box...".
Ho il sospetto di aver capito il genere di battuta, ma non le esatte
parole.
Invece, l'amica di Hugh Grant sulla sedia a rotelle ha un accento del nord,
vero? Dice [man] per "man", ad esempio.
Bye, FB
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vero? Dice [man] per "man", ad esempio.
I can't remember. I've got the DVD, I'll dig it out later and have a
listen.

Nothing like Scottish, *defiantly* Welsh
*definitely* :)

 parole.
poi dice "though"
comunque dice quello.
-- 
yeah, whatever...

 .. box though"
As simple as that??
Bye, FB
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As simple as that??
Yep :)

 "giddier lamach"
That's exactly what I thought.
Bye, FB
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"Che cos'è un fallo da tergo? E non stiamo parlando della tua vita
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 That's exactly what I thought.
Gimme the map?
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Mary

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It sounds very much like Jonny's transcription.
Bye, FB
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Mrs. Palmer, in her way, was equally angry. 'She was determined to drop his
acquaintance immediately, and she was very thankful that she had never been
acquainted with him at all'. (Jane Austen)

 It sounds very much like Jonny's transcription.
Maybe some context would help:
In a restaurant:
Johnny (Vito's son): There's something goin' on here, Vinnie.
Vinnie: Nothin's goin' on.
Vito: Johnny, ma-ghe-sto-a-ddě.
Then Johnny and his girlfriend go out of the restaurant.
Bye, FB
-- 
"Something to take to the country." (holding out a bunch of flowers)
"Flowers come _from_ the country, Charles."
(Cold Comfort Farm, the film)

 Then Johnny and his girlfriend go out of the restaurant.
Dialetto?
Che di' alla ~ ~ chissà?

 Then Johnny and his girlfriend go out of the restaurant.
I forgot to say that Johnny thinks his girlfriend finds Mickey (Hugh
Grant), who is, too, in the restaurant, attractive. He's from Sicily, he's
a mafioso and he's jealous.
On another note, there are one or two songs by Paolo Conte in the
soundtrack. 
Bye, FB
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"May I come with you to the station?"
"Please, do. I like to go off in style."
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 Gimme the map?
Give him the mop? :D
Sebastiano

 Give him the mop? :D
It's not English. 

 Che di' alla ~ ~ chissà?
I'll ask it.cultura.linguistica.italiano.
Bye, FB
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Just as I thought. Another test that could have cost us our lives, saved
only by the fact that I am enormously well-bred.
(Murder by Death)

 It's not English.
I was kidding. :)
A friend of mine has the movie on DVD. I'll check with the subtitles.
Sebastiano

 A friend of mine has the movie on DVD. I'll check with the subtitles.
Oh yeah, they couldn't be wrong. ;) 

 Oh yeah, they couldn't be wrong. ;)
Well, maybe he is saying "[blabber something in Italian]".
Sebastiano

 Well, maybe he is saying "[blabber something in Italian]".
chesidi', chesidi', chesidi'? 

 chesidi', chesidi', chesidi'?
Quesadilla? (Maybe he was hungry for Mexican food? :)
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