# You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 25, 2000, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-keep-using-that-word-i-do-not-think-it-means-what-you-think-it-means/26731 "2000-07-25T04:01:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-keep-using-that-word-i-do-not-think-it-means-what-you-think-it-means/26731/41 "2000-07-25T16:24:03Z")
Pardon my paraphrasing: Humperdinck: (having declared the princess was alive when the tracks were made) “If she is otherwise when I find her, I will be very put out.” Grandpa: Yes, you’re very smart; shut up. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-keep-using-that-word-i-do-not-think-it-means-what-you-think-it-means/26731/42 "2000-07-25T16:28:57Z")
“To the death!” “No, to the pain.” “What?” “To the pain means the first thing you’ll lose will be your eyes. They your nose, and then your tongue. Then your right arm followed by your left.” “Then my ears, I get the picture. Let’s get on with it.” “No. Your ears you keep, and I’ll tell you why. So that every babe who weeps, every mother who cries out “Good God, what is that thing?” will be yours to cherish.” “Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says otherwise is selling something.” ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-keep-using-that-word-i-do-not-think-it-means-what-you-think-it-means/26731/43 "2000-07-25T16:29:48Z")
As much as I love the movie (it’s my 2nd favorite), I absolutely think the book was WAY better and that the movie did NOT give the whole story. There is so much more to the book! Especially the fact that Buttercup is a vain twit. Not really necessary for the movie, but after I read the book (saw the movie first) I really felt gypped by the movie. On it’s own, the movie is fantastic. You’d never know from the movie, though, that the book is really funny. And now, I have to add a line or two… After Westley puts the sleeper hold on Fezzik, he whispers to him, “I don’t envy you the headache you’ll have when you wake up. Sleep well and dream of large women.” At the end, when they’re jumping out the window, Inigo: Fezzik, where did you get those horses? Fezzik: I saw them in the barn and thought we could use them if we ever found the lady. Hello, lady! Inigo: Fezzik, you did something right! Fezzik: Don’t worry, I won’t let it go to my head! ---
**Author:** ![Daniel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Daniel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-keep-using-that-word-i-do-not-think-it-means-what-you-think-it-means/26731/44 "2000-07-26T07:54:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by denbo \* > \*\* > “Iocane. I’d bet my life on it.” > \*\* That’s gotta be one of my favorite jokes from the movie, because it’s such a long walk from the setup to the punchline. Still cracks me up. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-keep-using-that-word-i-do-not-think-it-means-what-you-think-it-means/26731/45 "2000-07-26T08:01:42Z")
“Do you think he’s using the same wind we are using?” ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-keep-using-that-word-i-do-not-think-it-means-what-you-think-it-means/26731/46 "2000-07-26T08:09:59Z")
People, the person who wrote the book also wrote the screenplay! William Golding is primarily a screenwriter (also Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President’s Men, Misery, etc.), that’s why it made the transition so well. My favorite scene is when Inigo says his famous line (not gonna repeat it AGAIN) and the Count takes one look at him and runs away in the opposite direction. Also, after the “To the Pain” bit, when Westley collapses, and Humperdink says “He was bluffing! I knew he was bluffing!” ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-keep-using-that-word-i-do-not-think-it-means-what-you-think-it-means/26731/47 "2000-07-26T09:26:42Z")
Oh, Kyla, repeat it one more time… just for me! Pleeeeease? ---
**Author:** ![MadPoet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8c91f0/32.png) [@MadPoet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPoet)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-keep-using-that-word-i-do-not-think-it-means-what-you-think-it-means/26731/48 "2000-07-26T16:47:37Z")
Stop saying that! ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-keep-using-that-word-i-do-not-think-it-means-what-you-think-it-means/26731/49 "2000-07-26T17:02:45Z")
Chalk me up as another in agreement with this being one of the best book to movie transitions ever. This movie is one of my favs also, but rather than add more lines to this already quite saturated thread, let me point out a mistake in the movie that, if you are not already aware of it, will drive you crazy every time you see it from now on. Anyone else notice Robin Wright’s hair in the scene with Vizzini and Wesley at the battle of wits. She’s sitting there still, not moving her head or adjusting her hair or anything, yet at first we see her with her hair hanging in front of her shoulder, than the scene cuts and magically her hair is behind her shoulder, then the scene cuts again and… you get the idea. ---
**Author:** ![Zinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e95f7d/32.png) [@Zinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zinger)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-keep-using-that-word-i-do-not-think-it-means-what-you-think-it-means/26731/50 "2000-07-26T17:33:19Z")
“My name ees Inigo Montoya. You keel my fader. Prepare to die!” That is one of the lines that I can’t seem to stop saying over and over… it’s like a disease… it spreads very quickly. “My name ees Inigo Montoya. You keel my fader. Prepare to die!” “My name ees Inigo Montoya. You keel my fader. Prepare to die!” “My name ees Inigo Montoya. You keel my fader. Prepare to die!” “My name ees Inigo Montoya. You keel my fader. Prepare to die!” “My name ees Inigo Montoya. You keel my fader. Prepare to die!” “My name ees Inigo Montoya. You keel my fader. Prepare to die!” “My name ees Inigo Montoya. You keel my fader. Prepare to die!” “My name ees Inigo Montoya. You keel my fader. Prepare to die!” ---
**Author:** ![momerath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@momerath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/momerath)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-keep-using-that-word-i-do-not-think-it-means-what-you-think-it-means/26731/51 "2000-07-26T18:47:47Z")
“When they’re ALL dead, there’s only one thing you can do.” “What’s that?” “Go through their pockets and look for loose change.” ---
**Author:** ![Vestal\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@Vestal\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vestal_Blue)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-keep-using-that-word-i-do-not-think-it-means-what-you-think-it-means/26731/52 "2000-07-26T21:24:18Z")
This is great! I’ve watched the movie so many times, that as I’m reading the posts, I’m hearing them spoken in the characters’ voices! “SEE?! The Cliffs of Insanity!!” “I only dog paddle” “Oh, it’s probably only some fisherman, taking a moonlight pleasure cruise through eel infested waters” “Do you think he’s using the same wind we are?” ---
**Author:** ![Mauve\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@Mauve\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauve_Dog)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-keep-using-that-word-i-do-not-think-it-means-what-you-think-it-means/26731/53 "2000-07-26T22:25:27Z")
Some of my favorite lines: V: “Am I going _mad_, or did the word _think_ escape your lips!” V: “We are but poor, lost circus performers.” I: “I’m going to do him left-handed.” V: “You _know_ what a hurry we’re in!” I: “It’s the only way I can be satisfied. If I use my right…over too quickly.” W: “Let me get this straight: you put down your rock, I’ll put down my sword, and we’ll kill each other like civilized human beings?” I: “You seem a decent fellow. I hate to kill you.” W: “You seem a decent fellow. I hate to die.” ---
**Author:** ![soulsling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@soulsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulsling)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-keep-using-that-word-i-do-not-think-it-means-what-you-think-it-means/26731/54 "2000-07-26T22:38:29Z")
I figure now, if you can piece together this thread in the correct order, you’ll have the entire script for the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-keep-using-that-word-i-do-not-think-it-means-what-you-think-it-means/26731/55 "2000-07-27T00:27:36Z")
Reading this has made me hungry… I think I’ll go out for a mutton, lettuce, and tomato sandwich. Hopefully the mutton will be nice and lean. My favorite quote? All the good stuff has been quoted already. I’ll take the shortcut way… [http://us.imdb.com/Quotes?0093779](http://us.imdb.com/Quotes?0093779) ---
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-keep-using-that-word-i-do-not-think-it-means-what-you-think-it-means/26731/56 "2000-07-27T01:18:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Daniel \* > \*\* I’ve noticed that if the book’s author is the same person to write the screenplay, the movie will be just as good as the book. I know there’s at least one other example of this out there, and I’m tearing my hair out trying to remember what it was . . . :mad: > \*\* How about _The Godfather_? Book and screenplay written by Mario Puzo. Sua ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-keep-using-that-word-i-do-not-think-it-means-what-you-think-it-means/26731/57 "2000-07-27T01:22:46Z")
GREAT movie, no doubt. My favorite lines are: “You had love, and you threw it away!” The whole theme of “true love” being the single most precious thing in the world. “Life IS pain. Anyone who tells you different is selling something.” Very obvious, very simple, very true. Anyone else think Wesley and Buttercup didn’t really have a future together? Wesley seems like a pretty clever guy; Buttercup exists only to look gorgeous and be fought over. Will Robin Wright Penn ever again be in a movie as good as this? For that matter, what the hell happened to Cary Elwes? He had another fun role in Mel Brooks’ _Robin Hood: Men in Tights_, then he became known as The Rival: _Hot Shots_, _Days of Thunder_, _Twister_, and _Liar, Liar_. He’s the only blond I ever liked. I want more of him! Finally, the big dramatic fight to the death between Humperdinck and Inigo. Inigo has Humperdinck at his mercy, can kill him any time, makes him beg for mercy, then when Humperdinck pleads: “Anything you want!” Inigo says: “I want my father back, you son of a bitch!” and runs him through. Wow, that blew me away. This was supposed to be heroic and campy and fun, and suddenly we’re all profound and serious. They _torture_ the leading man to _death_. Holy schlamoley. And then poor little Fred/Kevin gets terribly upset about the way the story is going … but calms down so Grandpa will finish the story. Nice. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Surgoshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Surgoshan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surgoshan)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-keep-using-that-word-i-do-not-think-it-means-what-you-think-it-means/26731/58 "2000-07-27T03:12:50Z")
That wasn’t Humperdink. Humperdink was the prince that Wesley had Buttercup tie up. The six-fingered man was Count Rugen, whom Inigo slew. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-keep-using-that-word-i-do-not-think-it-means-what-you-think-it-means/26731/59 "2000-07-27T13:55:23Z")
Oh yes, you’re right. ---
**Author:** ![SoMoMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@SoMoMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoMoMom)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-keep-using-that-word-i-do-not-think-it-means-what-you-think-it-means/26731/60 "2000-07-27T14:29:53Z")
Ok, I’m just going to have to go to Hollywood Video this weekend so that my kids can see this movie again. “I don’t care if you’ve already seen this movie. Sit down and memorize it so that you can keep me entertained.” 😉 VB already said my favorite line, the one about the wind. There are so many though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-keep-using-that-word-i-do-not-think-it-means-what-you-think-it-means/26731.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-keep-using-that-word-i-do-not-think-it-means-what-you-think-it-means/26731.md?page=4)