Subject: Re: Ideas
From: maus@Morgan.COM (Malcolm Austin)
Date: 1990-12-03, 08:30
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

In article <1990Nov28.035502.17591@Neon.Stanford.EDU> bthomas@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Becky Thomas) writes:
> >In article <17571@shlump.nac.dec.com> boyajian@ruby.dec.com (Cisco's Buddy) writes:
>> >>In article <57138@brunix.UUCP>, cs123078@cs.brown.edu (Mark Hessman) writes...

::} One of the people I watch the show with was sure that what the magician-
::} boy said was "J'ai un ami sous le terre" -- 'I have a friend under the
::} earth.' Much more ominous than that bit about the 'solitary soul.'

::They should clean the wax out of their ears. It's been confirmed here by
::someone with a closed-caption decoder that he said "I am/have a solitary
::soul."

:Hmm...please correct me if I'm wrong (I'm sure someone will) but my
:understanding of the closed-captioning system is that people sit,
:listen to the program, and type in what they hear.  I remember hearing
:someone who does this kind of work talking about how fast you have to type,
:since you have to keep up.
:[editing]
:
:Becky Thomas

Well, the kid was speaking French, and (if we are to believe the postings) the
sub-titling was an English translation, so I would assume they had access to
a written source, since it would seem awfully taxing to ask sub-titlers to
type *and translate* simultaneously, even if they spoke French!

But I cavil for no good reason.  We've now heard this line from the Kid, 
Cooper, and Andy.  Cooper and Andy provide the translation, although I
would be tickled to learn that some of Andy's manglings of the line fit
the alternate versions described here on the net.  Maybe Paul Raveling 
leaks both ways.
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