Movie Review: 'My Fair Lady'
I love this movie, for several reasons:1. it's a musical
2. it's (to an extent) about phonetics and language
3. it's romantic (not blatantly so - but if you know the characters [and people like them] you realize how sweet it is)
It's a little on the long side, but if you fast forward through Eliza's father's songs, it's just about right. (They aren't necessary and they just feel drawn out to me.) I love how not in touch with his feelings Henry is (he reminds me so much of my brother it's scary). The songs are fun and very sing-alongable (which is important in a musical, you know). So yes, I recommend it.
But the reason I watched this tonight was because one of my coworkers today said that something 'doesn't work good.' Eek! 'Why Can't the English Learn to Speak?' (No offense, person who said it. You're still a great person.) I want to be an 'expert dialectician and grammarian.' How does one get a job like that?
posted by melilotnfosco | 9:24 PM
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yesterday at work somebody said, "them aren't working". i almost slugged her. how can that possibly sound correct?
oh, and i love this movie, too, and agree with you on the parts about her father.
I think I'd like that job too :) I need to watch this movie again cuz I haven't seen it since I was little. And I agree about the "them" comment, but my own mom also drives me crazy and it's soo hard not to correct her every time b/c she says "you was" and "they was" (aaagh!)
i try so hard not to correct them at work. it's scary, though, when i hear myself speak poorly because of spending too much time with them. 'did you try the pline kind?'
hehe :)
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