from the back of your throat = impossible?

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(From King Kong)
Some guy, Driscoll.
From the Federal Theatre.
Don't knock it, honey.
At least they got an audience.

It'll pick up.
Isn't that right, Manny?
It always does.
(Maude)
See you tommorrow.

The trick is to start to build right from the back of your throat.
Works well out through the nose, too.

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[+3] - McTag - 06/24/2010 All I could add to that is, for a student of English, Oristar picks the strangest texts.

Actually, you don't provide enough context to know. However, from the back of your throat does not mean impossible. I suspect that the reference is to projecting one's voice, as in projecting one's voice while singing, or publicly speaking.

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@Setanta,

Thank you.

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@oristarA,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guttural

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it's a description of how to do a vaudevillian sneeze...

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I think Set is right. But then, he's always right, no surprise there.

It's a description of how to make a particular noise on stage, maybe, but there's not enough context to say exactly what.

("King Kong"- imitating animal growling noises?)

But why

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from the back of your throat = impossible?

did you think it had anything to do with "impossible"?

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@McTag,

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MANNY Who wrote it, Annie?
TAPS Some guy - Driscoll. (reading the jacket of book) From the Federal Theatre.
MAUDE Don’t knock it, honey - at least they get an audience.
ANN It’ll pick up.... Ain’t that right, Manny?
The DRESSING ROOM goes suddenly quiet ... MANNY looks away, refusing to meet ANN’s eye.
ANN (cont'd) (trailing off) It always does.

EXT. DRESSING ROOM ALLEYWAY - NIGHT
MANNY and ANN emerge from the STAGE DOOR, into an ALLEYWAY. Night and winter are setting in ...
MANNY splutters out another LOUD SNEEZE.
MANNY The trick is to start the build right at the back of your throat...
(sneezing comically) Works well out through the nose too.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/219348/King-Kong-2005-

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All I could add to that is, for a student of English, Oristar picks the strangest texts.

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He does translations, Boss, so i don't think he's choosing the texts he works with.

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I was sure it was instructions on throwin a lugie.

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@Setanta,

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He does translations, Boss, so i don't think he's choosing the texts he works with.

He does? So we should be in for a payout, right?

Good. I need £400 quick, to fix my double bass.

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@McTag,

My E to C translation is excellent (often published as a headline), but I do it voluntarily without getting paid.
Very Happy

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@Setanta,

Right on. I just watched the video for amusement.

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@McTag,

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I need £400 quick, to fix my double bass.

What happened? Did you snap the neck loose?

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@panzade,

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What happened? Did you snap the neck loose?

Snapping the neck of double bass loose doesn's cost so much money, IMO.

Except that was a particularly expensive one.

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@oristarA,

You're right ori. How many yuan is £400?

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@panzade,

My brother gave me an old bass he had in his shed. It's okay, the repairman said, but it needs fixing up.

Paypal would be okay for me......

Wink

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@McTag,

I found a bunch of yuan in a drawer...as soon as ori gets back to me.... Wink

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from the back of your throat = impossible?

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