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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread "Snatch" language #16653 01/24/2001 5:05 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 32 USA JosieWales newbie JosieWales newbie Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 32 USA The movie "Snatch" is recently released in these United States. I am wondering about the dialect that Brad Pitt et al use in the film that is nearly unintelligible. It is described as a cross between Irish and English. Pitt delivers several lines that mean absolutely nothing... Does this language exist in our realm? Is it spoken by gypsies? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "Snatch" language #16654 01/24/2001 8:03 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Not surprising, since so many movies in toto mean nothimg. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "Snatch" language #16655 01/24/2001 8:16 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 From what little I know, it's supposed to be a gypsy dialect and therefore intentionally incomprehensible. Also from what little I know (a scene from the movie run in a radio review) the Brad Pitt character is apparently trying to scam somebody anyway. The preceding conclusions have been drawn from totally inadequate data; no responsibility is assumed by the dispenser of these conclusions for any problems deriving from the use of these conclusions. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "Snatch" language #16656 01/24/2001 8:25 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 Now, there's standing up for your viewpoint Faldage Josie, are you an outlaw?? Oh, and F.Y.I. all, Snatch in French Québec is definitely not a name you want plastered all over the place on movie marquees. It is a slang term for, well, a ladies, hmmm, um, nether region . Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: nether and thrall #16657 01/24/2001 8:51 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass here too -- why do you think Hollywood chose the title? (those boys are nothing, if not subtle) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "Snatch" language #16658 01/24/2001 11:07 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 I didn't dare mention the old "vice versa" joke. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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