[FPSPACE] FW: Linguistic analysis: Armstrong on the moon

[LARRY KLAES]

> Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 08:20:22 -0400
> From: mcmahon at LEMOYNE.EDU
> Subject: [HASTRO-L] Linguistic analysis: Armstrong on the moon
> To: HASTRO-L at listserv.wvu.edu
> 
> BBC 6/4/09:
> 
> "Armstrong's 'poetic' slip on Moon"
> 
> "Neil Armstrong missed out an 'a' and did not say 'one small step for a man'
> when he set foot on the Moon in 1969, a linguistic analysis has confirmed.
> 
> The researchers show for the first time that he intended to say 'a man' and
> that the 'a' may have been lost because he was under pressure.
> 
> They say that although the phrase was not strictly correct, it was poetic.
> 
> And in its rhythm and the symmetry of its delivery, it perfectly captured
> the mood of an epic moment in history.
> 
> There is also new evidence that his inspirational first words were spoken
> completely spontaneously - rather than being pre-scripted for him by Nasa or
> by the White House."
> 
> More:
> 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/8081817.stm
> 
> JMM / LMC
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