First film title in Inglish

[Tom Zurinskas]

Why "Inglish"?

Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL7+ 
see truespel.com phonetic spelling


 
 





 
> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:55:00 -0400
> From: wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
> Subject: Re: First film title in Inglish
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
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> Poster: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: First film title in Inglish
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> Larry is correct.
> 
> JL
> 
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:
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> > Poster: Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
> > Subject: Re: First film title in Inglish
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> > At 1:15 PM -0400 8/27/09, Mark Mandel wrote:
> > >What is "CHA=D0=AFLY", which is how it came through here?
> > >
> > >m a m
> >
> > For "=D0=" read the Russian letter for "ya", which is the backwards
> > "R" of "Toys ___ Us" and also more relevantly of "CHA_LY". That's
> > the way I received it, and I assume the way Jon sent it--it's the
> > movie from "Flowers for Algernon".
> >
> > LH
> >
> > >
> > >On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Jonathan Lighter <
> > wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> > >wrote:
> > >>
> > >> "Inglourious Basterds."
> > >>
> > >> (Actually the second if you count "CHA=D0=AFLY.")
> > >> (First movie ad was "The birds is coming," but that's just
> > punctuation.)
> > >>
> > >> Why fast-forward yourself to the 28th C. to chuckle at their
> > "language,"
> > >> when you can do it now for free?
> > >
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