spending a whole afternoon learning how to say: taramattawakkatannyhanny cooeeoowootammatayatora pukkaokapikkymungo horronookopokkawennoo wakkatannatahu mattakooatennakoo akarmamikitora
I think what Edith was trying to learn how to say (though she went off a bit at the end and her pronunciation is terrible) was Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu.
It's a place name. According to Wikipedia: The name on the sign that marks the hill is "Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu", which translates roughly as "The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his nose flute to his loved one". At 85 letters, it has been listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest place name. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu
I read the comments that said Catherine Tate was not Piaf, but if you are a fan of Edith Piaf's and know her life story it is a playful take on her whole persona. Personally, I think she would have laughed at it as a bit of fun. It's a kind of "What if" fantasy. And the secret of French to understanding French humour is that it is Sarcastic.
OMG i couldnt stop laughing and all of that the accent was on point i have no idea how she can pull that off even though she is a proffesional but damn hahaha😂
Edith Piaf is known for the song "Je ne regrette rien" (I don't regret anything). Now ostensibly she's seeing a therapist who asks her if she truly regrets nothing.
I wonder if she can still say Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu Maybe it’s like riding a bike, once learnt, never forgotten.
As a french speaker I hear it as a mix of both (we don't say the "r" that deeply), but still it's a great imitation! Or should I say eu gRet imitashion!
gwen rapier I have a great sense of humour. But this had nothing to do with Edith Piaf....When she took on Dors and Marylin it was funny, the same goes for Audrey Hepburn and others, because she took up real things and distorted them to a brillant parody. I am not british and there are things that quite obviously I cannot get or understand (not beeing british). But good humour is an universal language where everybody gets a bit of it. But the Piaf thing was offensive . There are a lot of things one can make fun of Piaf. That sje was petite, that she exxagerately rolled her "r", that she was an alcoholic and med addict...there is plenty to make fun. NB...Making fun of a person is a prove of love for that person and a way not to get carried away with their status....So please, keep your humour as I keep mine....
gwen rapier Come on! This not about "Rule Britannia" and your perceived superiority. How comes that my british friends appreciate my views and they certainly do not do so in order to please me. Did you read my whole comment? What was I saying? About humour beeing an universal language? That I appreciated how she took on Audrey Hepburn etc and (if you remember) the Queen Mum and Margret...that was really great...Britisch humour is no more difficult to understand than other sorts of humour.....I at least the advantage to laugh at humour in six different languages and cultural backgrounds..Do you????Does this make sense to you???? Peace
***** Yes, Yes...but then why did I laugh at the other psycho bitches??? Marylin, Audrey, the Queen Mom etc.???? Those were really funny and by the way I got the innuendo on "Je ne regrette rien"...Have a nice sunny day...
***** Edith's life was so fucked up, she was a drug addict, an alcoholic, lost the love of her life in a plane crash. her liitle daughter died and that song...Non je ne regrette rien...was a hymn to life. Edith Piaf at age forty looked like an old woman, was crippled by a very heavy form of rheumatism...she had a share in life and she deserves another kind of homage...Anyway I would rather discuss this with Catherine Tate whom I admire and love as a great performer...
Is this supposed to be funny? There's an expression, "There's nothing worse than bad satire," and this is it. The actress doesn't look or sound a thing like Piaf, and the "screenwriter" of this humorless drek obviously did little or no research on his subject. As great an artiste as Piaf was (and remains) is how dismal and amateurish this crap is.
