[FPSPACE] Linguistic analysis: Armstrong on the moon

[JAY RESPLER]

He listened repeatedly till he convinced himself that he heard what he 
wanted to hear.
It was quite clear that was actually said was
...step for man

No 'a'.

>    There is no need to re-invent the wheel.  On FPSPACE, several years
> ago, someone wrote that they had repeatedly listend to those recordings.
>  Due to his strong mid-Western drawl, what Niel A had actually said
> was:
> 
>   " That's a small step fora man..."
> 
>  So the indefinite article was glued to "for".
> 
>  - Keith
> 
> 
>>>>>LARRY KLAES <ljk4 at msn.com> 06/04/09 2:52 PM >>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>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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