JOSEPH
Please help explain '22 throw edition petty wagons placed end to end'. The original text, from the animated film 'Ups', is: It's longer than 22 throw edition petty wagons placed end to end. I know it means something is longer than 22 wagons put together. But what is 'throw edition'? From grammar, as attributive nouns to 'petty wagons', I guess it refers to the model of these petty wagons, am I right? Or, maybe 'throw' here means distance? Thank you!Oh...I totally understand it now. It's because of the wrong film subtitles I got. No wonder I found it strange. Thank you Richard very much, and also Denis, as always. By the way, I think it's a very nice film.
2009年11月26日 02:16
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I'm guessing that it's actually "22 Prohibition paddy wagons placed end to end". Prohibition was the time in the 1920's when liquor was illegal in the US, and a paddy wagon is an older term for a police vehicle for carrying a number of people (from an illegal bar, for example) to jail. I'm not familiar with the film, but the phrase is probably being used to suggest the speaker is familiar with the 1920's, and as such is an old person. Also, Prohibition was not a popular law; it was widely disobeyed by many people going to illegal bars (called "speakeasys"). So I'm guessing further that a Prohibition paddy wagon would have to hold unusual numbers of people, and would be bigger than paddy wagons of other times. Thus, the big thing in the quotation is especially big.
2009年11月26日
Good detective work Richard! The animated film is "UP" released in May 2009 by Disney/Pixar films. Synopsis: From Disney•Pixar comes Up, a comedy adventure about 78-year-old balloon salesman Carl Fredricksen, who finally fulfills his lifelong dream of a great adventure when he ties thousands of balloons to his house and flies away to the wilds of South America Here are the subtitles for that section of the film that mentions the "22 prohibition paddy wagons". Movietown News presents|Spotlight on Adventure. What you are now witnessing is footage never before seen|by civilized humanity, a lost world in South America. Lurking in the shadow|of majestic Paradise Falls, it sports plants and animals|undiscovered by science. Who would dare set foot|on this inhospitable summit? Why, our subject today,|Charles Muntz! The beloved explorer lands|his dirigible the Spirit of Adventure, in New Hampshire this week, completing a yearlong expedition|to the lost world. This lighter-than-air craft|was designed by Muntz himself and is longer than 22 prohibition|paddy wagons placed end to end. And here comes the adventurer now. Never apart from his faithful dogs,
2009年11月26日
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