What does the video clip say? (a comeback concert here in London)

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What does this video say? (From BBC Learning English)

https://youtu.be/Hw29DuSuy5c?t=159

Here is what I heard:

then he may...he planed a comeback...comeback concert at here in London, but unfortunately as we know died while he was rehearsing for his comeback or his comeback concerts.
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What does this video say? (From BBC Learning English)

https://youtu.be/Hw29DuSuy5c?t=159

Here is what I heard:

​... then he may ... he planned a comeback ... comeback concert at ... here in London, but unfortunately, as we know, he died while he was rehearsing for his comeback or his comeback concerts.
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Am I right?

See above.
 

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What does this video say? (From BBC Learning English)

https://youtu.be/Hw29DuSuy5c?t=365

Here is what the auto-generated subtitles display:

... well, we're not archaic, are we? Catherine.
we're not archaic nearly Potter on your telephone.
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What does it mean?
 
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What does this video say? (From BBC Learning English)

https://youtu.be/Hw29DuSuy5c?t=365

Here is what the auto-generated subtitles display:

... well, we're not archaic, are we? Catherine.
we're not archaic nearly Potter on your telephone.
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What does it mean?

We're not archaic, are we, Catherine?
We're not archaic, Neil, apart from your telephone.
 

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Could you help me correct and punctuate the subtitles? (the same video as above)

Here is what I have done:

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https://youtu.be/Hw29DuSuy5c?t=60

... in the past sailors on very long sea voyages - months at a time - would get scurvy because they didn't know how to prevent it but you don't ...
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https://youtu.be/Hw29DuSuy5c?t=84

... although these patients also have diabetes, which means you have to watch
what you have to be careful, what you eat, so that may be a factor ...
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https://youtu.be/Hw29DuSuy5c?t=121

so come back - a return of something after a period of time. ...

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https://youtu.be/Hw29DuSuy5c?t=150

Right, so if you've got an example of a comeback concert? I have: Michael Jackson hadn't done any concerts for quite a long time ...
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(update)
No one has replied, so I have also posted it on https://goo.gl/BVNzKM
 
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... although these patients also have diabetes, which means you have to watch
what ... you have to be careful, what you eat, so that may be a factor ...

I have added ... because she changes her mind- she starts saying you have to watch, then changes to say that you have to be careful what you eat.

The others are OK.
 

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Could you help me correct and punctuate the subtitles? (the same video as above)

Here is the work I have done:

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https://youtu.be/Hw29DuSuy5c?t=217

... it's also got a sense of ... sort of gathering pace (from the...)(the sounds are unclear)
yes, yes yes yes, so the ...

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https://youtu.be/Hw29DuSuy5c?t=230

... and the preposition use is quite interesting because you've got a couple of options
for a change ...
 

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1 Why not put um before sort as he does say it? I can't hear the bit after from the either.

2 You're right.
 

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1 Why not put um before sort as he does say it?
Well said.

I can't hear the bit after from the either.

Neil: ... it's also got a sense of ... um ... sort of gathering pace ... (I do hear him murmuring something when Catherine is saying 'yes'.)
Catherine: yes, yes yes yes, so the ...

2 You're right.

But '
the preposition use is quite interesting' sounds ungrammatical. Should it be 'the preposition's use is quite interesting'?

(update)

I think it is more about 'Ask a Teacher'. So I decide to post it on that sub-forum. See here.
 
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Many would say preposition usage.
 

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https://youtu.be/Hw29DuSuy5c?t=217

Neil: ... it's also got a sense of ... um ... sort of gathering pace ... (I do hear him murmuring something and then Catherine says 'yes'.)

Catherine: yes, yes yes yes, so the ...
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Teacher Tdol, do you hear that?
 
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He does murmur something, which sounds as if it ends in -ity, but I cannot catch what is said and I have played it many times.
 

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https://youtu.be/Hw29DuSuy5c?t=305

... so it's really good word to say why ... why is it here now, because it's from the past, yeah. ...
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Are the words that
Catherine said ungrammatical? I think it should be:

... so it's a really good word to say why ... why it is here now ...

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https://youtu.be/Hw29DuSuy5c?t=401

...[FONT=Tahoma, Calibri, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif] and what's that name? A. lemony, B. limey, or C. orange? W[/FONT]hat did we get? ...
 
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1 When speaking, we often say things that would not work in writing. Speech is messy and often improvised- we chop, we change, etc. These things are simply characteristic of spoken English. You can't edit and delete things from speech, which you can do in writing, so it is inevitably going to be messier.

2 Yes
 
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