Emphasis on the Wrong Syllable

[Jal Dorak]

So in conjunction with the vocabulary thread, this is a thread to discuss spoken language and little oddities that amuse, anger, or confuse.

I was watching "Eragon" today, and while Eragon is having a conversation that goes something like this:

Dragon: "We are strongest when we are together."
Eragon: "We can't BE together until I am as strong as you."

Now, that emphasis brings a totally different connotation to the line. What the actor (and director) should have gone with was "We can't be TOGETHER until I am as strong as you."

[Andrew Turner]

Did Paolini italicize any of the words?

[Jal Dorak]

Andrew Turner wrote:

Did Paolini italicize any of the words?

I don't know, I've never considered reading the books.

[The Eldritch Mr. Shiny]

Obi-Wan Kenobi: "Did I miss SOMETHING?"

[Callous Jack]

Jal Dorak wrote:

So in conjunction with the vocabulary thread, this is a thread to discuss spoken language and little oddities that amuse, anger, or confuse.

I was watching "Eragon" today, and while Eragon is having a conversation that goes something like this:

I would like to discuss something that angers and confuses me... what the hell were you thinking when you decided to watch that movie? ;-)

[Jal Dorak]

Callous Jack wrote:

Jal Dorak wrote:

So in conjunction with the vocabulary thread, this is a thread to discuss spoken language and little oddities that amuse, anger, or confuse.

I was watching "Eragon" today, and while Eragon is having a conversation that goes something like this:

I would like to discuss something that angers and confuses me... what the hell were you thinking when you decided to watch that movie? ;-)

Even worse, it was the second time I had seen it.

I could have made my life better by watching the original version of the movie, when it was called Star Wars. ;)

[Amardolem]

Where's the Vomit Guy when you need him?

EDIT: It could be worse....you could have quoted "In the Name of the King"

[Ubermench]

Jal Dorak wrote:

So in conjunction with the vocabulary thread, this is a thread to discuss spoken language and little oddities that amuse, anger, or confuse.

I was watching "Eragon" today, and while Eragon is having a conversation that goes something like this:

Dragon: "We are strongest when we are together."
Eragon: "We can't BE together until I am as strong as you."

Now, that emphasis brings a totally different connotation to the line. What the actor (and director) should have gone with was "We can't be TOGETHER until I am as strong as you."

Either way when taken out of context it still sounds like a line from a porno.

p.s. You're looking very dapper in that new avatar.

[The Eldritch Mr. Shiny]

Ubermench wrote:

Either way when taken out of context it still sounds like a line from a porno.

"I have come to fix ze cable..."

[Lipto the Shiv]

The Eldritch Mr. Shiny wrote:

"I have come to fix ze cable..."

I bet I know where it goes from here...

[The Eldritch Mr. Shiny]

Lipto the Shiv wrote:

The Eldritch Mr. Shiny wrote:

"I have come to fix ze cable..."

I bet I know where it goes from here...

Ever seen "The Big Lebowski?"

[Lipto the Shiv]

Of course!

Spoiler:

He fixes the cable :)

EDIT: Incidentally, did it take anyone else a while to wrap their heads around the concept that The Dude = Obadiah Stane?

[waltero]

They like to overstress BE in films it seems like. Go watch the old Boorman Excalibur film.

Mordred: "My mother said there would BE no fog."