FORKNI-L
Digest - 10 Feb 2009 to 11 Feb 2009 (#2009-24)
Wed, 11 Feb 2009
There are 3 messages totalling 64 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. Question about 1966 (3)
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Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:36:31 +0000
From: P J <blue_twingo772@y.......>
Subject: Question about 1966
From: Greer Watson <gwatson2@r.......>:
> In the episode "1966", there's a German family whom Nick helps to
> get out of East Berlin. Does anyone know how their surname should
> be spelled?<
Judging from the way they pronounce it, it should be written "Toffler".
"Tofler" would be pronounced as a long "o" like in "door". "Toeffler"
would be pronounced as ö like in "Fleur". Except in certain
Westphalian areas, where oe is pronounced as a long o, same as
"Tofler".
> Also, do we ever learn what the father's first name is?<
I haven't checked, but I believe they only refer to him as "Toffler".
Regards, Petra.
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Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:34:08 -0500
From: Greer Watson <gwatson2@r.......>
Subject: Question about 1966
Ah, Gaylin, it's all very well to say,
>Lacking the script, you could always check the
> subtitles on the DVD as a decent backup.
but there are two problems with this.
First, there's the notorious unreliability of subtitles.
Second, I don't own the DVDs. And, if I did, I couldn't play them, because
I don't own a DVD player. (Which is why I don't own the DVDs.)
Greer
gwatson2@r.......
http://ca.geocities.com/gwatson2@rogers.com/index.html
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Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:23:33 -0500
From: Gaylin Walli <gwalli@m.......>
Subject: Re: Question about 1966
Since you don't own them, you wouldn't know this, but the DVD
subtitling on the first season is excellent and spot on. I use it
frequently because I'm deaf in one ear and have been practicing
reading lips. I wasn't suggesting that you needed to own them but
offering them up as a possibility in case someone else did who might,
out of the goodness of their addicted little hearts, pop the DVDs in
and look for you.
Gaylin
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