# NEW! Speak to me in Movie quotes **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 7, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614 "2020-07-07T13:50:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/41 "2020-07-26T01:32:58Z")
“There’s a lotta things about me you don’t know anything about, Dottie. Things you wouldn’t understand. Things you couldn’t understand. Things you _shouldn’t_ understand.” “I don’t understand.” ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/42 "2020-07-26T20:59:40Z")
And “purpose” requires an understanding of intent. We need to find out, do they make conscious choices or is their motivation so instinctive that they don’t understand a “why” question at all. And-And biggest of all, we need to have enough vocabulary with them that we understand their answer. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/43 "2020-07-27T00:48:24Z")
English, motherfucker, do you speak it? ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/44 "2020-07-27T20:10:09Z")
Why can’t the English teach their children how to speak? ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/45 "2020-07-28T03:08:36Z")
They don’t teach speaking; they teach pronouncing. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/46 "2020-07-28T13:59:02Z")
Th-that is the S-stone of Scone you are t-trivializing… ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/47 "2020-07-28T14:20:26Z")
I don’t understand a word you’re saying, but I love the sound of your voice. It’s got a wonderful rough spot in it. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/48 "2020-07-28T17:04:15Z")
Rougher! ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/49 "2020-07-29T19:02:23Z")
Oh so you wanna play rough huh? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/50 "2020-07-29T19:53:47Z")
I am the original ringtail roarer from the thunder ‘n lightnin’ country! I’m a real snorter and a head buster! I can out-run, out-jump, out-sing, out-swim, out-dance, out-shoot, out-eat, out-drink… ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/51 "2020-07-29T20:51:13Z")
I, Hatchet Jack, being of sound mind and broke legs, do leaveth my bear rifle to whatever finds it. Lord hope it be a white man. It is a good rifle, and kilt the bear that kilt me. Anyway, I am dead. Yours truly, Hatchet Jack. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/52 "2020-07-30T01:19:09Z")
You can have my gun , when you pry it from my cold dead fingers. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/53 "2020-07-30T02:07:31Z")
“They just shot him with a machine gun.” “Is he dead?” “Wouldn’t _you_ be, Lieutenant?” ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/54 "2020-07-30T05:39:55Z")
He’s dead, doctor…I mean, is he dead, doctor? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/55 "2020-07-30T12:39:28Z")
It’s worse than that; he’s dead, Jim! ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/56 "2020-07-30T18:41:44Z")
Here’s to the hearts that ache. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/57 "2020-07-30T20:12:31Z")
The needs of the many out weigh the needs of the few, or the one… ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/58 "2020-07-31T13:42:15Z")
We need a little Christmas, right this very minute… ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/59 "2020-07-31T16:53:43Z")
Look, Charlie, let’s face it. We all know that Christmas is a big commercial racket. It’s run by a big Eastern syndicate, you know. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/60 "2020-08-01T02:29:20Z")
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