Is she saying "Oh we thought you'd call"

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Davide75

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Hello.
Can you help me understand what the lady is saying in this passage from the movie War Games
(at 00:08:20)

What I understand for sure is:

hello i'm pat healy
how do you do i'm lyle watson
????????
this is arthur cabot


Thanks
 
Are you writing subtitles? If so, you really don't need to include that bit.
 
Hello. Can you help me understand what the lady is saying in this passage from the movie War Games?

What I understand for sure is:

Woman: Hello. I'm Pat Healy.
Man: H
ow do you do. I'm Lyle Watson.
(Woman (over man's next line): Oh, we spoke on the phone.)
Man: T
his is Arthur Cabot.

Thanks.
See above for what she says. Whether you're writing subtitles or not, please remember to punctuate and capitalise everything correctly.
 
Now it makes sense, thank you very much for the quick reply. The subtitles were there to give some context and to be sure to spell the names right, I apologize for the sloppy editing. It is my first post, I'll try to be more accurate in the future.
 
Now it makes sense. Thank you very much for the quick reply. The subtitles were there to give some context and to be sure to spell I had spelled the names right. I apologize for the sloppy editing. It is my first post; I'll try to be more accurate in the future.
See above. Do you know about comma splices? You had three in your post.
 
I've just checked the wikipedia article about comma splices. I admit it's the first time I hear about it. I'm glad I've learned something new. Thanks again.
By the way, do you feel comma splices are too informal or just plain wrong?
 
I've just checked the Wikipedia article about comma splices. I admit it's the first time I've heard about them.

They're just plain wrong.
 
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