# The hungarian girl in chicago

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 22, 2003, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hungarian-girl-in-chicago/196818 "2003-08-22T00:49:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tallayan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Tallayan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tallayan)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hungarian-girl-in-chicago/196818/1 "2003-08-22T00:49:13Z")

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Just out of curiosity, in chicago during the cell block tango, what is the hungarian girl saying?

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hungarian-girl-in-chicago/196818/2 "2003-08-22T01:11:33Z")

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I read recently that it’s something to the effect of “they say my lover, the famous dancer, and I beheaded my husband, and that then I killed my lover in grief, but it is all lies”. I’ll see if I can find a cite.

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**Author:** ![Caesar\_s\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/73ab20/32.png) [@Caesar\_s\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caesar_s_Ghost)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hungarian-girl-in-chicago/196818/3 "2003-08-22T01:15:19Z")

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[IMDB](http://www.imdb.com) says:

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> The speech by Hunyak, translated, is: “What am I doing here? They say my famous tenant held down my husband and I chopped his head off. But it’s not true. I am innocent. I don’t know why Uncle Sam says I did it. I tried to explain at the police station but they didn’t understand.” Here it is in Hungarian, just in case: “Mit keresek én itt? Azt mondják, a híres lakóm lefogta a férjem, én meg lecsaptam a fejét. De nem igaz. Én ártatlan vagyok. Nem tudom, miért mondja Uncle Sam, hogy én tettem. Próbáltam a rendõrségen megmagyarázni, de nem értették meg.”

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hungarian-girl-in-chicago/196818/4 "2003-08-22T01:17:26Z")

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From a Broadway fake book, here’s the transcription of what she’s saying (moderators take note- it 's not the whole lyrics, just a short part):

Hungarian: Mit kersek, en itt? Azt mondjok, hogy a hires lakem lefogta a ferjemet en meg lecsaptam a fejet. De nem igaz, en artatlan vagyok. Nem tudom mert mondja Uncle Sam hogy en tettem. probaltam a rendorsegen megmayarazni de nem ertettek meg…

Translation: What I am doing here? They say, that the famous dancer held down my husband and I chopped off his head. But this is not true, I am guiltless. I dont know why Uncle Sam says that I did it. I tried to explain at the police station but they didn’t understand me…

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**Author:** ![Maci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Maci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maci)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hungarian-girl-in-chicago/196818/5 "2003-08-24T05:35:12Z")

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I just finished watching the DVD with my wife, who is Hungarian. She couldn’t follow the Hungarian woman at all because the actress who played her had such a thick Russian accent.