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From: Athel Cornish-Bowden <me@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Alfred Hitchcock died (29-4-1980)
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 15:00:36 +0200
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On 2024-04-29 09:40:17 +0000, Ross Clark said:

> First Hitchcock film I ever saw: "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1956). 
> James Stewart and Doris Day. In the Moroccan Embassy in London, Doris 
> sings "Que Sera Sera". She looks very serious in the picture; her son 
> is being held hostage somewhere in the embassy, and she is trying to 
> use the song to make contact with him. It was a brand new song at the 
> time, first performance in this film.
> OK, here's a bit of language trivia: What is the origin of the phrase 
> and what language is it supposed to be?
> Read more here:
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Que_Sera,_Sera_(Whatever_Will_Be,_Will_Be)

I've long supposed it to be Italian, even though it would be spelt 
differently: Che sarà sarà. When I first learned what it was supposed 
to mean I thought it might be French (ignoring the gross 
mispronunciation of "Que").

-- 
Athel -- French and British, living in Marseilles for 37 years; mainly 
in England until 1987.