...Then he got married. And no more room for me. That's how come me end up here.
[I think he's simply repeating the same pronoun that he had used in the previous sentence], that helps project Ennis' lack of formal education. Anyone else never notice this detail?
Yeah, I couldn't even figure out what he was saying for a while because it made so little sense. And even after I did, I still found it jarring. It don't sound right to me -- even someone with bad grammar wouldn't say that. But I just try to ignore it, the way I try to ignore Heath's Aussie accent in the grocery store scene.
Another one that I've always found a tiny bit jarring -- although less so -- is "I doubt there's nothin we can do." I'm fine with double negatives, but that one just seems a little too convoluted. But if I hesitate to criticize the "more than you've spoke" scene, I'm CERTAINLY not going to start in on the Motel Siesta scene.
Besides, this is supposed to be lovable details, not slightly jarring ones.
Oh, this just in:
It's the innuendo that gets to him, every time.
But while we're on the subject -- and then I PROMISE to drop it -- what bothers me about "if I should come to know them" is that he pronounces it
them instead of
'em.I guess I'd better move these over to the "tent don't look right" thread.