Nov 11, 2017 10:43
6 yrs ago
English term

Baby... South Springs...

English Other Cinema, Film, TV, Drama The way of all flesh (1940)
Hi! I can't understand this line. Could you, please, help me on this? This guy is telling something to her, but I only could
understand the words: baby and South Springs.

Link: https://youtu.be/jcCre4kh86Q (12:29 --> 12:32)

Thanks!

Discussion

Daniel Slon (asker) Nov 11, 2017:
Thanks, Charles. I didn't know, but I looked up in the dictionary and now I know that "soused" means drunk.
Charles Davis Nov 11, 2017:
@Daniel I take it you know that "soused" means "drunk".
Daniel Slon (asker) Nov 11, 2017:
Thanks a lot for your help. Now it makes sense. And I think at the end of the line he's saying Joe's instead of Joe. Because there's a bar called Joe's place, so he's telling her to bring him over to Joe's place.

Responses

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27 mins
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I want you to get him good and soused and bring him over to Joe

is what I think I hear. The actor is speaking between his teeth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_of_All_Flesh_(1927_fil...
Peer comment(s):

agree kmtext : Yes, but Joe's rather than Joe.
5 mins
oops. He does really suppress the 's' though. "Joe's" was used a lot back then. For bars, eateries, etc.
agree Charles Davis : And he says "baby" just before this line; I was wondering where that came from. "South Springs" must come from "soused and".
26 mins
It's not exactly today's lingo... It's more like a film from the early '30's than a film shot in 1940
agree Rachel Fell
1 hr
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