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Listenever Posted 10 years ago
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Him and my mom, they did...


At 1:23, the dialogue goes like this:
Quicksilver: Magneto, he's my father.
Raven: What?
Quicksilver: Him and my mom, they did...

Is the last sentence correctly transcribed?
If so, any reason for using "Him" instead of "He"?

Also, "He and my mom" in this case doesn't really sound any better than "Him and my mom", not at least to my ears. If I'm not the only one, why do you think that is?
  

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listenever If so, any reason for using "Him" instead of "He"? It's the phrasing that that character (Quicksilver) would use if he were a real person and not a fictitious character in a movie. It's not standard, but then not all characters in movies are the sorts of people who necessarily speak standard English.

— CalifJim

  • listenever If so, any reason for using "Him" instead of "He"?
  • It's the phrasing that that character (Quicksilver) would use if he were a real person and not a fictitious character in a movie.
  • It's not standard, but then not all characters in movies are the sorts of people who necessarily speak standard English.
  • CJ
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listeneverIf so, any reason for using "Him" instead of "He"?
It's the phrasing that that character (Quicksilver) would use if he were a real person and not a fictitious character in a movie. It's not standard, but then not all characters in movies are the sorts of people who necessarily speak standard English.

CJ
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CalifJimIt's the phrasing that that character (Quicksilver) would use if he were a real person and not a fictitious character in a movie.
Do you mean that "Him" is what that character would use if he were a real person?
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listeneverDo you mean that "Him" is what that character would use if he were a real person?
I suppose you could say it that way. Yes.

CJ
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Thanks.
So do you agree that, no matter what the standard is, "Him and his mom" sounds better than "He and his mom"?
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listeneverSo do you agree that, no matter what the standard is, "Him and his mom" sounds better than "He and his mom"?
"sounds better" when my friends and I use it in our own conversations? No. It sounds a bit uneducated to me.
Or "sounds better" in the movie? Yes, because it correctly reflects how the character speaks.

CJ
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