Subject: 2/9: Hungarian Goulash
From: George.Harris@samba.acs.unc.edu (George Harris)
Date: 1991-02-16, 10:55
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

With regard to the language that Eckhart's assistant was speaking,
I cast my vote for Hungarian (a non-Indo-European language, by the way [yes,
I know that's irrelevant {or is it?}]), & I'm going to tell you why.  In the
scene prior to this one, when Pete & Coop are discussing this & that behind
the swinging wooden door, Pete mentions that the girl @ the laundromat is
apparently Hungarian & doesn't speak a word of English.  Posit:  Eckhart
& Co. sent that coat back with Pete to set up Josie to take the fall.  Possible
holes in this theory:  I think Pete mentioned the name of the Laundromat 
girl, who is a TP native, & Eckhart would have to know that the FBI has fibers
from the coat as evidence in the shooting.  Still, it's a nice idea.

On the subject of Hungarian being non-indo-european, this would account
for those familiar with slavic or germanic or whatever languages not being
able to recognize it.  I believe the only language that bears even a faint 
similarity to Hungarian is Finnish.  Enough trivia.

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