Current Events > I didn't realize there was ongoing dispute over whether Armstrong forgot 'a'

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in his line.

Like there's actual hardcore studies of the audio and shit over whether he said "a man" or just "man".

Weird.
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My understanding was always that the pause after "man" was him realizing he screwed up.
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We'll get it right on Mars.

I just wonder if there are people in Russia that believe Yuri Gagarin becoming the first man in space was a government fake like some people do here over Armstrong being the first man on the moon.

Antifar posted...

My understanding was always that the pause after "man" was him realizing he screwed up.

I thought the pause was because it was kind of choppy audio, thus the reason you can't hear "a"

*krrr* that's one *krr* small step for *krr* man *krrrrrrrr* and one giant leap *krrr* for mankind
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Colorahdo posted...

Antifar posted...

My understanding was always that the pause after "man" was him realizing he screwed up.

I thought the pause was because it was kind of choppy audio, thus the reason you can't hear "a"

*krrr* that's one *krr* small step for *krr* man *krrrrrrrr* and one giant leap *krrr* for mankind

I don't believe there any kind of interference at the point in question, though
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It's honestly kind of funny to think that in one of the biggest moments in human history the guy fucked up what he was going to say.
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There was a piece I remember reading where linguists pointed out that Ohioans of his region and generation tended to run certain sounds together when they talked, so that "for a" came out as "fruh".

* edit - found it

https://www.space.com/21403-neil-armstrong-moon-quote-accent.html
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