{"id":162076,"date":"2015-03-25T18:41:47","date_gmt":"2015-03-25T18:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/03\/25\/something-that-just-occurred-to-me-about-this\/"},"modified":"2015-03-25T18:41:47","modified_gmt":"2015-03-25T18:41:47","slug":"something-that-just-occurred-to-me-about-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/03\/25\/something-that-just-occurred-to-me-about-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Something that just occurred to me about this scene…"},"content":{"rendered":"

heimishtheidealhusband<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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drgrlfriend<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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mallamun<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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When Watson is parroting Moriarty\u2019s words, he speaks in an incredibly flat voice.<\/p>\n

I always saw that as an act of defiance\u2014the only one he had access to at that moment.<\/p>\n

But it just occurred to me HOW MUCH of an act of defiance that was.<\/p>\n

Because you just KNOW the actual dialogue looks like this:<\/p>\n

Moriarty:<\/b> EVENING!
John:<\/b> Evening.
Moriarty:<\/b> This is qu<\/b>uuuITE the turn-u<\/i>p! Isn\u2019t it, Shwurw<\/i>ack?
John:<\/b> This is quite the turn up, isn\u2019t it, Sherlock.
Moriarty:<\/b> WHAT woul<\/i><\/b>d you liii-ii<\/i>ike me to mAkE hi<\/b>m sAY nEXT<\/b><\/i>!
John:<\/b> What would you like me to make him say next.
Moriarty:<\/b> *Singing* Got<\/b>tle ooo\u2019 ge<\/i>eeer, G<\/i>ottle ooo\u2019 geee<\/b>er\u2026!
John:<\/b> Gottle o\u2019 geer. Gottle o\u2019 geer.<\/p>\n

Finally Moriarty is like, \u2018Ok, I\u2019m too fabulous for this,\u2019 and joins the party in person.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I finally googled this phrase (I always thought it was \u201cgrottle of gear\u201d and just a nonsense phrase) and found this:<\/p>\n

One difficulty ventriloquists face is that all the sounds that they make must be made with lips slightly separated. For the labial sounds f, v, b, p, and m, the only choice is to replace them with others. A widely-parodied example of this difficulty is the \u201cgottle o\u2019 gear\u201d, from the reputed inability of less skilled practitioners to pronounce \u201cbottle of beer\u201d.[8] If variations of the sounds th, d, t, and n are spoken quickly, it can be difficult for listeners to notice a difference.<\/i><\/p>\n

So, Moriarty was mocking John as being nothing more than a ventriloquist\u2019s dummy. I never got that before.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

All accurate. Well done.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

heimishtheidealhusband: drgrlfriend: mallamun: When Watson is parroting Moriarty\u2019s words, he speaks in an incredibly flat voice. I always saw that as an act of defiance\u2014the only one he had access to at that moment. But it just occurred to me HOW MUCH of an act of defiance that was. Because you just KNOW the actual … <\/p>\n

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