There was a scene where George was about to be "sworn in", I guess, into the religion, and he says "yes father". Well, then the Priest (or whatever he's called) notices something wrong in the way he pronounced it.
My question is, what WAS wrong with the way George said "father"? I can't tell the difference myself, but...maybe someone in this NG can help out.
Anyone????
Thanx! :)
He said father, but with his New Yawk accent it sounded like fadder or fadda. I think the joke is supposed to be that he sounds like a jew and wants to become latvian orthodox. Of course it could just be he said the word funny. -Echelle
On 8 Apr 1997 10:43:47 GMT, [email] wrote:
I assumed that the Latvian Orthodox religion was similar to the Greek/Russian Orthodox religions. someone correct me if I'm wrong; but you don't call the top religious offical father but Patriarch or something
I just thought George said "Farter" by accident, and that's why everyone laughed. Of course I could be wrong.
George's saying "fodder" is yet another implicit Abbott & Costello reference. That's the way they pronounced it.
He said "fodder" instead of "father."
Michael Alexander
George said "Yes, Fadda" instead of "Yes, Father." Just like in the song "Hello, Mudda, Hello Fadda" by Allan Sherman or somebody. Can't remember who exactly.
Also... George said "fodda," but the right way for a New Yorker to say it is "fatha," which is how he corrected himself. So he was saying it weird, not just with an accent.
Michael Alexander
It also reminded me of Tony Curtis' New York accent in his early movies as Ali babba or someone saying.. Yonda lies the Castle of my Fadda.