Oct 8, 2022 13:30
1 yr ago
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General, they can see you......

English Other Cinema, Film, TV, Drama Arabella (1967)
I can't understand what Terry Thomas is saying just after Vira Lisi's line: General, they can see you....

Link: https://youtu.be/rjcSZICQLTw (31:26 --> 31:27)

Thanks!
Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (2): Yvonne Gallagher, Britta Norris

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Discussion

Yvonne Gallagher Oct 9, 2022:
@Helena Well thanks but Daniel never wants to give me any points. Can't even be bothered saying thanks. The note below to you! "He's really saying..." but giving me no credit at all for pointing it out. And not for the first time either that he has done this, not even a thanks, but it will be the last time as I won't bother in future.
None of these are translation questions anyway and almost all are non-pro. including this one
Helena Chavarria Oct 9, 2022:
@Daniel I enjoy finding the answers to questions posted here and don't worry, I can't see myself ever getting mad at anybody online! I only ever get annoyed with people I can talk to face to face ;-)

Back to your question. I didn't catch the 'please' at the beginning of the phrase, so Yvonne deserved the points as her answer was spot on. Though thank you all the same!
Daniel Slon (asker) Oct 9, 2022:
Hi Helena! I'd like to apologize to you, because you were right and I was wrong. He's really saying to her: Please, don't call me General, call me Horace. But he speaks so fast, that I couldn't understand a word of what he was saying. So, thanks a lot for helping me out and thanks for not being mad at me!
Daniel Slon (asker) Oct 8, 2022:
Helena! I can't listen to him saying: Don't call me General. Maybe he's saying: "You can call me again. You call me Horace".
What I think he's saying is that she can call him again by his first name.
Helena Chavarria Oct 8, 2022:
@Daniel 'You can call my name' doesn't sound natural. In this kind of situation we would probably say 'You can call me by my name'. In this case, I think he's saying 'Don't call me General...'.
Daniel Slon (asker) Oct 8, 2022:
Hi Helena! Thanks again for helping me out. I've listened many times and I think he's saying: "You can call my name, you call me Horace".
What do you think?

Responses

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don't call me General, call me Horace

I think that's what the man says.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Helena, thanks a lot for helping me out and for finding out what the actor is saying!"
5 hrs

Please don't call me General, call me Horace

just an extra word added to Helena's
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