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So what I mean this is a ridiculous language
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Sophie's Choice

"vite". Or in Polish, "szybki" and in Russian, "bystro". It's only in the English it's so...

Sophie:

This is ridiculous language and there's too many words! The word for "velocity", okay, there's "fast", "quick", "rapid" and they all mean the same thing. Nathan Landau:
"Swift". "Speedy". Stingo:
"Hasty". Nathan Landau:
"Fleet". Stingo:
"Brisk". Nathan Landau:
Expeditious". Stingo:
"Accelerated". Nathan Landau:
"Winged". Sophie:
No, no! Stop it! It's ridiculous! Oh, in French it's so easy. You say: "vite". Or in Polish, "szybki" and in Russian, "bystro". It's only in the English it's so complicated!

Full Transcript

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So what I mean this is a ridiculous language
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There's too many words
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The word for velocity OK there's fast quick
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rapid and they all mean the same thing
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Swift Speedy Hasty
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Flit Brisk
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Expeditious Accelerated
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Winged
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No no Stop it
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It's ridiculous
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Oh in French it's so easy You say vit
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Or in polish szybko and in Russian bistroy
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It's only in English that it's so complicated
Duration
37 seconds
Views
476
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:15
Uploaded
Apr 05, 2022
Genres
Production
ITC Entertainment,Keith Barish Productions,Universal Pictures,Associated Film Distribution

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Movie Summary

Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live with Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust.

Actors

Meryl Streep
Sophie
Kevin Kline
Nathan Landau