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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Slow down, will ya?! #19802 02/22/01 03:56 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 B Bobyoungbalt veteran Bobyoungbalt veteran B Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 fast speech in old movies I have noticed that the pace of the dialogue in films from the 30's and first half of the 40's is much faster than we are accustomed to. In Marx Bros. movies, you can miss one of Groucho's quips if you're not paying attention. It would be an interesting study to see when movie makers decided to slow down the pace of the dialogue. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Slow down, will ya?! Max Quordlepleen 02/21/01 07:10 PM Re: Slow down, will ya?! Bean 02/21/01 07:16 PM Re: Slow down, will ya?! Max Quordlepleen 02/21/01 07:30 PM Re: Walkin', talk'n, chew'n gum wow 02/21/01 07:33 PM Re: Walkin', talk'n, chew'n gum wwh 02/21/01 07:54 PM Re: Slow down, will ya?! Sparteye 02/21/01 08:15 PM Re: Slow down, will ya?! Max Quordlepleen 02/21/01 08:30 PM Re: Slow down, will ya?! wow 02/21/01 09:15 PM Re: Slow down, will ya?! Bobyoungbalt 02/22/01 03:56 PM Re: Slow down, will ya?! wow 02/22/01 10:50 PM Re: Slow down, will ya?! Bingley 02/22/01 04:21 AM Re: Slow down, will ya?! Capital Kiwi 02/22/01 07:18 AM Re: Slow down, will ya?! Max Quordlepleen 02/22/01 09:01 AM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,124 Members9,198 Most Online4,270 Aug 30th, 2025 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 2,653 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 24 A C Bowden 16 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,029 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,968 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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