Gill, Kimberly and fellow Listers, Not a speech lesson here, just an observation. Another one of the Midwestern dialect's interesting pronunciations is found ...
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Mark "Mark"...
mark.wilson25@...
Feb 7, 2001 10:57 pm
I'm wondering how much of Omaha, London and New York have crept into Fred's dialects. He always seemed to have a hybrid sort of accent. Mark ... From:...
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gem@...
Feb 7, 2001 10:31 pm
What about the cab scene at the beginning of the B's of B? Halfway through a sentence a cigarette appears in Fred's gloved hand! Best wishes, Gill....
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gem@...
Feb 7, 2001 10:29 pm
... was ... regional ... is his ... say ... major ... through mass ... homogenized ... or Mike ... Kimberly Eedipus is quite correct to me - as to most English...
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kscherling@...
Feb 7, 2001 4:20 pm
Well, well! Thanks guys for your efforts. Despite gaining a distinction in advanced level Latin at school (over 30 years ago) pig latin never occurred to me,...
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Jessica Mummery
royaljessy@...
Feb 7, 2001 10:59 am
This blooper isn't from a Fred movie but since we were on the subject I thought I'd bring it up. In the recent movie Castaway, with cool Tom Hanks, he drives...
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Serdos@...
Feb 7, 2001 7:20 am
... time to ... great ... No one replied to this query,so here is the answer: A stagehand actually walks across the back of the set during the filming of the...
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bheretical@...
Feb 7, 2001 2:34 am
In a message dated 2/6/01 3:07:53 PM, gem@... writes: << I had assumed that was just the US way to say it as I always assume when I hear an ...
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Marian Allard
mars1155@...
Feb 6, 2001 11:34 pm
Hi Gill- Here in N.Y. State, we have always pronounced era,erra. Same as our Fred. Best---Marian...
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gem@...
Feb 6, 2001 7:58 pm
... translated to nix (the) crackin" or stop the wise cracks. ... to this ... trying to ... tv. It ... screen and ... ackincray". I have ... out" or ... ...
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gem@...
Feb 6, 2001 7:45 pm
Hello again, everyone! That heading could be a description of my attempts to find how to re- join the group after the intervention of Yahoo. Made it at last....
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Mark "Mark"...
mark.wilson25@...
Feb 6, 2001 5:33 am
... From: irene.heimann@... <irene.heimann@...> To: astaire@yahoogroups.com <astaire@yahoogroups.com> Date: Saturday, February 03, 2001 4:53 PM ...
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Mark "Mark"...
mark.wilson25@...
Feb 5, 2001 10:49 pm
What time was it where you are? What time zone are you in also? Mark ... From: Sallyann Halstead <sallyann.halstead@...> To: astaire@yahoogroups.com...
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Sallyann Halstead
sallyann.halstead@...
Feb 5, 2001 10:47 pm
Hi there! I was listening to John Mortimer, the playwright, on the BBC radio 4 programme "Desert Island Discs", discussing his admiration for Fred Astaire and...
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Spindler, Amy L
Amy.L.Spindler@...
Feb 5, 2001 8:02 pm
Well if my pig latin is up to date it would be "nix crackin'" And like Terry said nix means to stop and without knowing the context of the dialogue in the...
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katia_onegin@...
Feb 5, 2001 5:59 pm
Dear All, For the record, anyone wishing to meet up in London for dinner in occasion of the Astaire Tribute at the Palladium should contact either Terry...
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Luann Wilkins Abrahams
luann@...
Feb 5, 2001 6:08 am
... Gosh, Irene, how can I resist this one? It's actually been a while since I saw this in its entirety, but if memory serves... 1. How do you like the song...
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Mark "Mark"...
mark.wilson25@...
Feb 5, 2001 5:49 am
He's speaking pig latin. Basically, "Ixnay, ackincray" is translated to nix (the) crackin" or stop the wise cracks. Mark ... From: Wbene44886@......
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Wbene44886@...
Feb 5, 2001 4:50 am
Gill: Ever since I read your email, I have been rewinding and listening to this dialogue. What I thought I heard, made no sense and after days of trying to ...
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flyjughead@...
Feb 5, 2001 12:52 am
Hi, I don't know if this will get posted twice cause my IE crashed when I was posting. Anyway, thanks Irene and Jay for answering my question. I'm writing an...
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Jay Hopkins
jayhopkins_2000@...
Feb 4, 2001 10:59 pm
Once in a great while, I receive e-mails from nice people on this list suggesting that I am the Fred-equivalent of the dog with glasses, "Mr. Know-It-All."...
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Jay Hopkins
jayhopkins_2000@...
Feb 4, 2001 10:29 pm
I just got through reading again (it was that good) the "Irene" list digest...and...("Hi, Irene!" <g> She's a buddy, you know)...it seems to me there was some...
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theace111@...
Feb 4, 2001 10:29 pm
All I can add to Irene's remarks is that according to the John Mueller book _Astaire Dancing The Musical Films_ seems like no specific choreographer is stated...
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theace111@...
Feb 4, 2001 10:10 pm
Irene, Have to say that I couldn't have said it any better myself!!!!!! Totally agree with you!!!! The Ace In a message dated 2/3/01 17:42:45 EST,...
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Jay Hopkins
jayhopkins_2000@...
Feb 4, 2001 9:56 pm
Irene wrote, in part: "He also tells us how he threw a wig he had to wear for one baroque-like number behind the stage over a good length." There are quite a...
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astaire@yahoogroups.com
Feb 4, 2001 7:32 pm
We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. Fred Astaire Tribute Date: Sunday, February 18, 2001 Time: 7:30PM UTC (GMT+00:00) Fred Astaire Tribute at...
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katia_onegin@...
Feb 4, 2001 6:02 pm
Dear All, Please note that Terry Pearson is now solely in charge of organising the London dinner. Katherine...
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irene.heimann@...
Feb 4, 2001 1:08 pm
... As mentioned in the posts before, Pan and Astaire always worked TOGETHER. They didn't really bother who got credit as choreographer. In fact, most of the...
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flyeroglyphics@...
Feb 4, 2001 8:25 am
Hello... I was wondering if anyone knows if Astaire did choreography for 1935's "Top Hat." While every site I've visited says that he co- choreographed it with...
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irene.heimann@...
Feb 3, 2001 10:50 pm
"Night and Day" from "The Gay Divorcee " 1934, Written by Cole Porter Song performed by Fred Astaire Dance performed by Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers I expect a...
