Nell's Language
David Elliot
s.o , her role in 'Nell' and the courtroom scene....
Me and a friend want to begin attempting to form some kind of guide
Nellish. If anyone wants to help , or just wants to offer some
opinions/feedback/abuse , either email us or post under this thread.
Thanks.
David
Oh , and if you're reading this Jodie - your feedback would be
UNBELIEVEABLY appreciated! ;)
Noel Rode
>Me and a friend want to begin attempting to form some kind of guide
^^^^^^ That's me :)
I personally believe that there are more people who really liked the
movie Nell than those who didn't by a factor of 20:1 or more.
I became infatuated with Jodie Foster after watching Nell and tried
picking up the unique language she uses in her role. I thought it might
be a good idea to have a thread about the Nellish language and to get
lots and lots of feedback and suggestions.
My sister, Christine, was also interested in Nellish so she started
making notes after reading the book and managed to interpret most of
the dialogue. I'll post parts of her results eventually.
As a start, some of the popular Nellish phrases are:
* "Lilten pogies, lilten dogies. Lilten sees, lilten awes. Lilten t'ee,
lilten way. Lilten alo'lay ..."
- 'lilten' is pronounced 'le-olten' or 'lil-ten'
- I'm totally stuck on the word "pogies". In the movie Nell says: "Ja'
missa pogies. Pau' lo' missa pogies". What does it mean? Is she
refering to Dr. Lovell's chest or crutch?
* "Chicka, chicka, chickabee. Thee'n me an' thee'n me. Ressa, ressa,
ressa me. Chicka, chicka, chickabee ..."
- Pronunciation goes like this: "Chicka, chicka, chicka-bay. Tay an may
an tay an may. Risa, risa, risa-may. Chicka, chicka, chicka-bay."
Anybody want to contribute a translation? David, anybody?
Oh, and if you're reading this Jodie - we really would love to hear your
comments too! :)
Noel.
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Dana Dominiak
>From: fre...@jeack.apana.org.au (David Elliot)
>Subject: Nell's Language
>Date: 2 May 1995 14:45:01 -0000
>In spite of the all the Jodie-bashing that's been going on concerning her
>s.o , her role in 'Nell' and the courtroom scene....
>Me and a friend want to begin attempting to form some kind of guide
>Nellish. If anyone wants to help , or just wants to offer some
>opinions/feedback/abuse , either email us or post under this thread.
David,
You're not going to believe this, but my sister saw the film, and now
annoyingly speaks 'Nellish' all the time, just to get on my nerves. So
please, if you're putting together a FAQ, don't send it to her! ;-)
However, she may be able to supply many of the phrases to you, out of memory,
which I find, very frightening.
-d
I apologize for my spelling. I know I can't spell.
chu...@engmlab.uct.ac.za
> * "Lilten pogies, lilten dogies. Lilten sees, lilten awes. Lilten t'ee,
> lilten way. Lilten alo'lay ..."
I should imagine that 'lilten' means little, and I know that 't'ee' means
tree.
> * "Chicka, chicka, chickabee. Thee'n me an' thee'n me. Ressa, ressa,
> ressa me. Chicka, chicka, chickabee ..."
> - Pronunciation goes like this: "Chicka, chicka, chicka-bay. Tay an may
> an tay an may. Risa, risa, risa-may. Chicka, chicka, chicka-bay."
All I know here is that 'Chickabee' is some sort of term of endearment.
By the way, although 'Nell' certainly did have its flaws, I pretty much
enjoyed it as a whole, although in general I find I enjoy Jodie Foster's
movies.
Cherie
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Kent Blackmore
> - Pronunciation goes like this: "Chicka, chicka, chicka-bay. Tay an may
> an tay an may. Risa, risa, risa-may. Chicka, chicka, chicka-bay."
>
> >
> --
It means "Am I gay .. wouldn't YOU like to know?"
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David Elliot
:
: It means "Am I gay .. wouldn't YOU like to know?"
You stupid fucking moron. Post like that again and there'll be trouble.
How would YOU know if she's gay , ANYWAY shitheel? We are TRYING to have
a SERIOUS discussion here! So keep your stupid , smartarsed little
comments to yourself.
Noel Rode
You stupid, f...ing sh..head!! As much as I'd like to write the full
words about you I prefer to maintain what little respect I have for
people (I use the term loosely) like you.
If you don't have anything to contribute to our discussion then don't
post! We can do without your pathetic remarks.
Selwyn Davidowitz
Who the hell is Kent?
I thought the original post re the "Nell language" was a good mailing and
I was learning a little bit more about this "Jodie lingo". Then along
comes this crazy "flame". Please explain Noel......
From Selwyn Davidowitz.
Noel Rode
(no...@rdt.monash.edu.au) wrote: : Kent,
Sam3987562
too, and chose to ignore it and click on "next message." A lot of people
choose to spend their time and money posting such useless comments, but I
don't really see the point of responding.
As for the real point of this post, the "Tay n' may n' tay n' may" part of
the chickabay quote probably means "Thee and me and thee and me,"
referring to her sister -- "You and me and you..." I hope I haven't
insulted anyone's intelligence by posting something that was already
perfectly obvious to everyone else. BTW, if you ever do get a Nell's
Language FAQ together, would you send it to me? Thanks. I loved this
movie, and one of my favorite parts was deciphering her language.
Samantha
Noel Rode
Samantha,
The "Tay n' may..." interpretation you gave was correct. There are some
however that are a little more difficult.
If we do end up writing an FAQ on Nell's language you will receive it.
Here are some more:
missa - little
erna - big
tata - frightened, afraid
t'ee - tree
chickabee - loved one
eva'dur - evildoer
feliss - darkness, happy place
alo'lay - everywhere
Je'y - Jerry
ga'inja - gardian angel
Pau'a - Paula
Wor'i'a law - word of the lord
shie - day, sun
doana kee - don't cry
sees - eyes
leess'a - listens to??
* "Eva'dur done go inna tye'a feliss, Nell done caw Mi'i, done go
alo'lay. Nell leess'a Mi'i, leess'a Mi'i, aw tye.
- Evildoers leave when the night comes, Nell calls to May and goes
everywhere. Nell listens to May all the time.
More to come ... from my sister's translations.
Noel.
Peersly Sviel
Fr> From: fre...@jeack.apana.org.au
Fr> From: fre...@jeack.apana.org.au (David Elliot)
Fr> Organization: jeack - Linux - Melbourne - Australia
: > --
Fr> :
Fr> : It means "Am I gay .. wouldn't YOU like to know?"
Fr> You stupid fucking moron. Post like that again and there'll be
Fr> trouble.
Fr> How would YOU know if she's gay , ANYWAY shitheel? We are TRYING to
Fr> have a SERIOUS discussion here! So keep your stupid , smartarsed
Fr> little comments to yourself.
Nice reply. I think you have really elevated the level of this thread.
... I passed my ethics course. I cheated, of course.
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David Elliot
If people weren't so blatantly moronic and chose to discuss JF's sex life
in the appropriate threads, it wouldn't have been necessary.
*GASP* hang on a sec! if this is 'Nell's Language'.... why are YOU
posting here?
FLAME ON.
David