Finding
Nemo - the great Mine/Mate/Mike debate!
Just got back from seeing Finding Nemo. What a riot! I really enjoyed the film—beautiful animation, hilarious anthropomorphism ("mine! mine!" from the seagulls was such a great audio/visual link), and a surprisingly good storyline. And this is a kid’s movie!
Update (Sep 1, 2003): So this brief entry is generating more comments than any of my other posts. What do you think? Is it "mate" or "mine"?
May 30, 2003 • Movies • Comments (179)
Comments
Heh, I went and saw it tonight too. My review is here and also here. I
think the gulls were actually saying "Mate!" It’s all about the Austrine eccent,
mate ![[winking face]](The great Mine-Mate debate!-Dateien/wink.gif){kind=small}
dunny • May 31, 2003 • #
Hmmmm.. I dunno.. it makes more sense if they were saying "mine" because they always said it to potential food.
Good review!
eliot • May 31, 2003 • #
Mate, I thought it was "mine", but then I was informed by a Down Under acquaintance that it was "mate". What gives man.
sean myers • June 09, 2003 • #
negatory, it is "mine". Why would hungry grabby seagulls say "mate"? Here is
independant confirmation...
Even
the look and sound of seagulls are perfectly mimicked, especially by having the
birds say only one word: "Mine!"
Lyz • June 10, 2003 • #
i think they said mate also, especially since they’re in australia and they’re supposed to be brainless idiotic birds.
john • June 24, 2003 • #
my fiance and i were discussing the movie "finding nemo". we both commented on how great the seagulls were. what was funny is that we both thought they were saying different things! i am positive that they were saying "mate", to poke fun of the annoying australian saying. he is positive that they are saying "mine", as he recalls each time they saw food, they said "mine". we are still in disagreement but will sit back until the official word is out. happy debating!
melissa • June 28, 2003 • #
Everyone I know that has seen the movie all agree that the seagulls said "mine" It’s comical and it makes sense.
Meg • June 29, 2003 • #
I’ve noticed this argument going on elsewhere. Obviously, Disney/Pixar is going to have to come out and settle this mine/mate debate once and for all. (Mate! Mate! Mate! Mate! Mate! Mate!)
dunny • June 30, 2003 • #
I am glad I found a website where this discussion is happening. I am an Australian and I reakon they are saying "Mate". It doesn’t have to do with the fact that they want the food (mine!) but rather the noise that seagulls make. For those of you who claim that the seagulls are saying "mine", I suggest you ask an Australian!!
Louisa • June 30, 2003 • #
Why should we ask an Australian? Americans made the movie. Besides not every character in the movie has an Austrailian accent, thus it is a fallacy to believe that just because your hearing aids were off the Seagulls were saying "Mate" (that’s right, what’s a controversy without a little mudslinging?)with an Australian accent. Also, it is not funny if they say "mate" it doesn’t make sense at all!
Lyz • June 30, 2003 • #
It doesn’t make any sense to you because you are not an Australian. Americans might have made the movie but it was SET in Australia. As per usual you are exemplifying the "American viewpoint is the only viewpoint" view of the world. I suggest that you hear things differently than someone with an Australian accent would. Those Aussies who are commenting on the net say the seagulls are saying "mate". The only people who think they are saying "mine" are Americans. What you don’t know is that in Australia we often make a joke of accentuating the word "mate" in a way similar to that caricatured by the seagulls. It makes perfect sense to an Australian.
Tracy • July 01, 2003 • #
I saw this last night, It is hillarious, and the seagulls are saying Mine! (I’m an Australian, and I have never heard anyone say Mate and have it sound like Mine.). Mine makes more sense, and is much funnier (why would seagulls be saying mate?).
kris • July 13, 2003 • #
Thank you, Kris!! I’m still of the opinion of "mine" and haven’t heard convincing evidence of "mate". I played my screener copy again and it *still* sounds like "mine".
Tracy, this movie was done by Americans for an American audience... I don’t think they’d have in-jokes for another country, even if it is set in that country.
eliot • July 13, 2003 • #
Unlike the JFK assassination, the "mine"/"mate" controversy will ultimately be resolved. Somewhere is the world there exists a script on which the seagull’s dialogue is written down in black ink, so it’s really not a matter of interpretation.
When that script is located, it will determine that the seagulls are saying "mate" not "mine" for the following 2 reasons:
1. "mate" is funny
2. "mine" is not funny
Once this evidence is procured and presented in this forum, it is my hope that adherents to the discredited "mine" theory, will admit: a) that you were wrong, b) that "mate" is much funnier than "mine" and c) that you laughed in the movie theater not because you got the joke, but because those seated around you were laughing and you felt embarrassed.
Sadly, my wife also thinks the seagulls are saying "mine". She is comforted by the fact that a number of reviewers agree with her. She has even bet me 3 bathrooms cleanings that she is right.
I hope you will all think of her when she is on her knees diligently scrubbing behind the toilet --- She makes this sacrifice for all of you.
stuart • July 14, 2003 • #
Most definitly "mine, mine mine" it makes so much more sense!! Just think about the scenes: they all involve the seagulls fighting for food...
Vbabe • July 18, 2003 • #
I am from Pixar it actually is mate it was to poke fun at the australian talk think about it if it were "mine" they would be fighting not flying in unison use your brains people i eman honestly how funny is mine thats just dumb
Joe • July 18, 2003 • #
Thought this was a friendly discussion column... Had no idea people who worked at Pixar are so rude and obnoxious.
Vbabe • July 18, 2003 • #
Joe works for Pixar like I work for the communist party...maybe that is a bad analogy...
Lyz • July 18, 2003 • #
hhahaha! though "mate" and "mine" make sense. I actually thought they were saying "MIKE" for some reason.
lol
Angie • July 20, 2003 • #
Vbabe - I have serious doubts about Joe working for Pixar. He didn’t even provide a Pixar email address!
I’m still going for "mine" .. it’s quite funny in my mind. Maybe I’m just an
idiot, though. ![[smiley face]](The great Mine-Mate debate!-Dateien/smile.gif){kind=small}
eliot • July 20, 2003 • #
Thanks E, I agree, I should’ve been more wary of people claiming they work for pixar just to gain authority on the subject.
I still believe it’s "mine, mine, mine", it sure seems in tune with the
mentality of the seagulls I last saw, haha, plus it makes me laugh
Vbabe • July 22, 2003 • #
I changed my mind, I think Angie has the most convincing argument, my vote now goes for "Mike" because in Tajikistan they have an inside joke about seagulls saying "Mike" and it is so obviously former USSR countries who made the film.
Lyz • July 22, 2003 • #
If they were saying "mate", then why was the crab so willing to talk at the end after being held out of water just to see the seagulls saying "mine, mine, mine..."??? Don’t see anything humorous in the crab wanting to talk after hearing "mate, mate, mate..."
Nemo • July 22, 2003 • #
I’m an Australian living in Canada. My girlfriend is Canadian. I heard the
seagulls say mate! , she heard them say mine! . Initially I
thought I was just hearing things as all my canadian friends heard "mine" as
well. And on a rational level this makes more sense.
Then I thought about it. Why did i hear "mate" in the first place. Cause I’m an Aussie, and I’m in on the maaaate! joke. It’s sort of a pretty abstract joke (to those who have not been exposed to this bit of australian culture - this includes some australians) so it get’s rationalised and heard as "mine".
So I’m going with my gut feeling. I’m an Aussie, I’m in on the "maaaate"
sterotype, I heard "mate!" (and found it a hilarious parody) without thinking
about it.
Oh and the others who said that it was an american movie, made
for american viewers, what about the comment made by one of the sharks. In
response to a comment about divers thinking they own everything he said "Must be
american then". LOL, it was cheered and clapped at the theatre. Not sure how
well some americans would take it. (Actually made me wonder if that little scene
was included in the american version)
Anyhoo I’m off topic now.
I reckon they said MATE!
Salada, (another aussie joke)
-Squaat
Squaat • July 23, 2003 • #
AHAHAHAHA!!! WHOOO that Salada joke is too funny for me to handle, much like the hilarity of Mate. It is funny because it makes no sense, whatsoever. The best part is that the movie was made by americans for an audience that consists of five year old americans, so why wouldn’t disney use some obscure austrailian inside joke? Beats me.
From Tajikistan • July 23, 2003 • #
I saw this movie for the first time the other night and I clearly heard "mate." In fact, knowing pixar’s witful style I never considered it to be anything else until the kids, on the drive home, began talking about the silly seagulls who were saying "mine." I corrected them and explained that they were aussie seaguls from down under. But they refused to believe me, so I went online looking for the answer. I found this message board, and several online reviews, all (but one) mentioning the hilarious "mate" seagulls. This sort of dry and subtle humor is the backbone of pixar’s (successful) attempt to appeal to the older viewers. Many adults (americans in particular) just don’t get dry sarcastic humor. i on the other hand live for it.
regis • July 29, 2003 • #
didn’t this movie come out like last year? Sure seems like it. Maybe it is time that we move on.(my nice way of saying get a life)
David • July 29, 2003 • #
I’m pretty sure I heard MIKE MIKE MIKE
and I remember something dimly from somewhere that seagulls say MIKE like dogs say "woof". there is no "t" sound of May-te, and no "n" sound of Mine in the audio that i could hear.
justin • August 06, 2003 • #
I am an American, but have a basic idea of how Australians talk. When I saw this movie, my impression was that the seagulls were saying "mate, mate, mate", making fun of Aussies like Crush and the sea turtles had mocked California surfer dudes. Since then I have had disagreements with several people, including most of my nieces and nephews, who think the seagulls were saying "mine, mine, mine" because they were chasing food. I am still waiting for an official statement from Pixney to end the controversy once and for all. Just my two cents, mate.
spencer • August 22, 2003 • #
I am also an American. One of the nephews Spencer was referring to. I think it was 'mine'. There was absolutely no reason for them to use 'mate', and it makes no sense anyway. The seagulls only use it when they see and are chasing food. Also, what is one of the first words that a 2-year-old learns? "MINE!" They use this when they want something, or when they don’t want someone else to have it. The seagulls obviously individually didn’t want the other seagulls to get the food. I also await the official report. This opinion is MINE.
bruce • August 22, 2003 • #
Hi. This is Bruce again. I thought of another argument for the "mine" side. It is the scene in which Dori and Marlin were flopping around on the wharf, trying to escape from the pelican that really wanted to help them. When the seagulls first saw them, one of the seagulls said the controversial word, ("mine"), in a questioning tone. This would make no sense if he was saying "mate", since, if everyone was their "mate", there would be no need to question the fact that the fish were, in fact, the seagulls' mate. However, if he was saying "mine", (which he was), it would make sense, because he would be wondering if the fish were in fact his, or, if not, if he could take them from whoever they belonged to. Therefore, "Mine" is the only word that makes sense. If I have won anyone over to the truth of the "mine" side, don’t bother to thank me, for the pleasure is MINE.
Bruce • August 25, 2003 • #
I still say its Mate
especially because of the scene where the crab gets
held above the water, if the bird was saying 'Mine' he’d just fly straight for
it. But he said 'Mate' to all his buddies and then they all looked round at the
crab. Why say 'mine' and alert everyone else to the goods....
clint • August 26, 2003 • #
No, I have seen the movie twice, and after reading this blog and giving it careful consideration, I am convinced! that the Seaguls were in fact saying "Bong" its funny, cuse they have bongs in australia, and funny for all the people that think it is "mate" cuse you see, THEY ARE ALL STONED!!! ITS SO OBVIOUS THAT THEY ARE SAYING "MINE" NOT "MATE"! Clean the bong resin out of your ears. When the bird poop hit the deck, and the seagul looks down and says "mine" how could that be funny if he said "mate"....obviously the fecal material that fell was his cuse he said "mine" .... DUH!! There it is, debate is over. They are saying M I N E!
Zach • August 26, 2003 • #
Anyone whos seen seagulss fighting over food would know that they are saying "mine". Although my better half swears that it is "mate" (we are both aussie if that makes a difference.
IMDB thinks its "mine" http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0266543/trivia
Tim • August 30, 2003 • #
I can categorically answer, with no debate whatsoever, that they are saying "mate". I am an Australian, the seagulls are Australian, and the seagulls' accent is obviously Australian, the only word they can be saying is "mate". It does not even sound like mine, or if it is, it’s an excessively exaggerated version. I’m stumped that people even think it sounds like "mine" - trust me, it’s "mate"! As someone said previously, it’s a bit of an Aussie joke - given that it is set in Australia, you’d think they’d add a bit of local colour. But that notwithstanding, it’s "mate" without a shred of doubt. It was obvious to me the moment I heard it.
Adam • August 30, 2003 • #
You guys it was mate!!!! I am an Aussie and it was mate i think id know my own axcent and why would they say mate when there fighting over food wouldnt u say MINE. Anyway i think there soo gorgeous no matter what they say
Megan • August 31, 2003 • #
You will be glad to know this argument is now raging throughout our office -
last count we have 4 for "Mine" and 3 for "Mate"
Register my vote for
Mate
Paul • August 31, 2003 • #
Well Aussies of the world UNITE! Lord a--mighty. You guys need to lay off the national pride. WE made the movie, not you! Make your own movie and call it "Foinding Nay-mo" and YOU can have the seaguls say "Mate" and you can have a good laugh and fly your little aussie flag. Untill then, SHUT UP!! it was MINE.
Zach • August 31, 2003 • #
IMHO, it was "mate" ... it was to poke fun at the Australian stereotypes.
Because so many Australian characters in American movies say "mate" in every
sentence, they made the seagulls only able to say mate. And yes I am Australian
... but I have an American friend who agrees with me. And it’s not national
pride ... it’s just the fact that "mine" isn’t funny. I for one don’t get pride
for my country out of talking seagulls! So Zach, do you work for Pixar or for Disney? Just wondering cos you
said YOU made the film.
At any rate, I don’t think it’s a huge deal - it’s just a joke and I can’t understand why so many people seem to be getting really hostile about it *cough* Zach *cough* Lyz
Pokolitan • August 31, 2003 • #
Hmmm, not sure about this line by Eliot...
"...this movie was done by Americans for an American audience... I don’t think they’d have in-jokes for another country, even if it is set in that country."
... I wonder what Pixar would have to say about it being made for an American audience. Pixar may be American owned, but they employ many international people and they make movies for the world - not for Americans.
I wonder if there are any seagulls out there laughing at this rather pathetic discussion. Mine or Mate, it’s a good movie.
Bruce • August 31, 2003 • #
Considering I am Australian and I have seen the movie twice, I am absolutly confident in pronouncing that the seagulls are clearly saying mate! Mate alright, MATE!
anya • September 01, 2003 • #
Yes, We (not I made the film, work on those reading skills man) made the film
as in Americans. Evil Americans who hate the rest of the world cuse we think we
own everything. And you know what if thats going to by MY stereotype then balls
man, i’m going all the way with it.
Screw you all, they were saying Mine. So
shut your bong holes and deal with it.
Zach • September 01, 2003 • #
And another thing, for every last one of you that begins your comment with "I’m australian so this is what they were saying" spare us the agony and just dont post.
Zach • September 01, 2003 • #
A Japanese Australian, a Filippino Australian and a New Zealand Australian all heard it as "mate". We didn’t realise anyone had heard it as anything else until we read a review in the Sydney Morning Herald. Upon hearing "mate" I cacked myself! If I’d heard "mine" I wouldn’t have reacted.
bruce • September 01, 2003 • #
So a Japanese, and Austrailian, and a New Zealander walk into a bar and get knocked out. The end. PS is there any way that we can get this to end by locking it with magic code things that you computer people do? I don’t think I can knock everybody out to get them to stop unless they line up for their beatings. Some how I think that there are people out there to pick up the slack where I drop the ball.
David • September 01, 2003 • #
Yeah, it is getting to be pretty pathetic for something that started out friendly. I just wanted to answer Zach on one thing. You said about how you had "your stereotype" of being an evil American, etc. 99% of the Americans I’ve encountered have been absolutely wonderful people and I defend Americans absolutely if anyone says anything derogatory about them, so don’t be bitter and assume everyone stereotypes/hates you. Well maybe they DO, but it’s not a result of your nationality, it’s probably comments like "screw you all". And I agree that just because someone’s Australian doesn’t mean they can interpret the line any better. It should have been clearer, and it will all be solved when the DVD comes out and we can read the subtitles. The End.
Pokolitan • September 01, 2003 • #
Hee hee, and I giggled myself silly at your walking into the bar joke, David.
Well done
Pokolitan • September 01, 2003 • #
Have any of you considered that perhaps Pixar purposely made it ambiguous?
Paul
p.s. For Zach’s benefit, ambiguous means unclear.
Paul • September 01, 2003 • #
The seagulls are definately saying 'mine'...mate!
Does not make sense to
be saying 'mate' especially when the single gull in the group on the rocks sees
the crab and speaks up questionally...'mine?'
waddayathink?
Brett • September 01, 2003 • #
Nice try dumb dumbs, the seaguls are saying mate, they are australian seaguls and seaguls are dumb like you lot. And however wrote this "It’s all about the Austrine eccent" is a gallah, that has a new zealend accent about it. If you cant tell they are saying mate, get a hearing aid. I am an aussie and an american, so i understand both cultures.
Josh • September 01, 2003 • #
"I’m australian so this is what they were saying" (hehehe).... but yeah,
there are Australians in this discussion, and considering that the seagulls are
Australian seagulls with Australian accents, I can’t see how their
nationalities, and relative Australian accents, doesn’t give them some level of
backing to their claims - be it "Mine" or "Mate".
Pokolitan couldn’t be any
more correct about Zach. It’s quite surprising that someone so agressive went
and saw a kids/family movie.
Bruce • September 01, 2003 • #
This whole discussion just cracks me up. You guys are nuts!
To give a few of you heads up, sarcasm is being used heavily by several posters here. Don’t get offended by anyone on this post and just laugh. I know I’m getting a good chuckle out of the whole thing!
(P.S. I still think it is mine.)
eliot • September 01, 2003 • #
Just listened to the trailer which starts with them getting dropped on the
dock in front of the gulls and one sticks his head in and says the debated word.
I was about to email one of the animators at Pixar, but I won’t waste his time
now. If you are in any doubt, check the (hires) trailer (with some good
headphones up loud).
It’s "Mine". No way you can hear it as mate, sorry.
Bill B • September 01, 2003 • #
This is crazy. I might be turning. I’ve been set on "Mate" but I’m moving toward "Mine". Not there yet though. The problem is that it may have been an American voice trying to do an Australian accent. It’s not overly clear. It may be neither. It could even be a really fast version of "Maybe this’ll confuse those stupid humans into having a lengthy discussion about what I’m saying". Probably not though.
Bruce • September 01, 2003 • #
Thanks Eliot. Yes, apparantly exaggeration (To make overstatements)
Is not
something too many people appreciate. I of course realize that this whole
argument is rather stupid. But it is humorous (funny, laughable) to see how bent
out of shape people can get.
Especially when I mention anything about a
persons nationality(The status of belonging to a particular nation by origin).
Along with this topic I learned an important lesson the other day. Dont
introduce yourself to a Neo Nazi as a fat black gay jew. Also, I learned NEVER
to poke fun at other peoples accents. Becuse the SECOND we start enjoying the
differences between peoples of different nationalities, its wrong! And if you go
too far, it is of course, racism and I dont want to offend anyone. Especially
those GD polacks.
Zach • September 01, 2003 • #
Dave, I giggled my self to tears *giggle* when I read your amazing post about the people walking into the bar. You are so funny. Hahah, well I better get back to my completely pointless and hellishly depressing life. *giggle*
anonymous • September 01, 2003 • #
Here, here!! - Zach, pull your head in fella.
For mine, those are not yank accents. They are Aussie and there is no mistaking 'Mate' for 'Mine'. 'Mine' may indeed be funnier to some people...but they just aren’t saying it!!
Todd (Australian) • September 02, 2003 • #
Dory: Have you seen a clown fish swim by?
Crab: Yeah, but I’m not telling
you, and there’s nothing you can do about it!
[Dory holds Crab out of water
for the seagulls to see]
Seagulls: Mine! Mine! Mine!
Crab: Okay! Okay!
I’ll talk!! I’ll talk!!
Taken from the imdb.com quote page. I take no stand in the matter, I’m merely providing evidence.
bek • September 02, 2003 • #
Dory: Have you seen a clown fish swim by?
Crab: Yeah, but I’m not
telling you, and there’s nothing you can do about it!
[Dory holds Crab out
of water for the seagulls to see]
Seagulls: Mate! Mate! Mate!
Crab:
Okay! Okay! I’ll talk!! I’ll talk!!
John • September 02, 2003 • #
Ok, here it is :
www.huhustudios.com/team/Seagull.wav
No way is he saying Mate. Even the dissenters here have relented after
actually listening too the trailers etc, and not just going by memory and
dogmatism
Bill B • September 02, 2003 • #
You guys certainly are generalising a lot - ALL Americans THIS, ALL Aussies THAT. I’m an Aussie, and I heard "mine". I personally think it’s funnier.
Jess • September 02, 2003 • #
It was MINE.. I am Australian and it makes no logical sense that the seagulls were saying MATE, they were fighting over food, as seagulls do...it was MINE and I am right and that is all....
Teija • September 02, 2003 • #
Do all jokes have to make logical sense to you American’s? Do you have to analyse everything? Can’t you just let it be funny because it was?
Paul • September 02, 2003 • #
Who cares it works on both levels...the main thing is - that is for the kids- and if they like it then well we are all happy!
ps. they say mate!!!
MattyB • September 03, 2003 • #
It’s mate........and if it isn’t it should be!!! Aussie Aussie Aussie oi oi oi!!!!
Aussie Sheila • September 03, 2003 • #
maaaaaaate! I dunno what they’re saying.. but as an Aussie.. either would make sense and both are quite amusing...
Joan • September 03, 2003 • #
maaaaaaate! I dunno what they’re saying.. but as an Aussie.. either would make sense and both are quite amusing...
Joan • September 03, 2003 • #
Bill B I went to this site (www.huhustudios.com/team/Seagull.wav)and they
definately are saying MATE.
How many people have been a 2nd time to check
this out? Pixar is probably doing okay out of this.
Bruce • September 03, 2003 • #
If any people hear listen to Rabbit on Nova969 in Sydney you rock!!!! Beacause its MATE!
MattyB • September 03, 2003 • #
From an Australian: It’s MINE!!!!!!! Why would they be saying 'mate', godammit? A seagull’s life is centered around getting food, and getting food FIRST. That’s why they’re saying 'Mine'. It just wouldn’t have cut it if they were saying 'Bag-sies'.
All that aside, it was an awesome animation.
Dee • September 03, 2003 • #
Saw it last night mate. It’s definitely mate mate. When I go round a mate’s place and he’s got a few spare tinnies in the fridge I don’t sidle up to em saying "mine! mine! mine!" I start saying "Mate! maaaaate mate".
Besides - what’s funny about saying "Mine"?
Mate however is a brilliant and authentic parody of an essential component of Aussie culture.
It’s one thing yobbo Aussies are reknowned for. Especially when they hang around in packs.
So to sum up it’s "mate" mate.
Dazza • September 03, 2003 • #
i too am an aussie, and i think they say "Mine!", lol, seems everyone is
getting into arguments about it. it just seems more logical as thats what
seagulls seem to think when food is present.
Tox • September 03, 2003 • #
i think you can hear whatever you want to hear. i really would like to know
what it was intended to be though.
has anyone found any word from pixar about
it at all??
katagus • September 03, 2003 • #
I think its "mine".
It’s sounds close to "mate" but you have to factor in not the Australian accent but the North American accent.
As to the 'bar joke' miscreant - you do your nation no favours ( oops sorry favors - forgot you cant read english unless its spelt phonetically - damn I mean fonetikally )
Anonymous • September 03, 2003 • #
It’s MINE!!!!
it’s also pointing to the part in the movie where the
submarine nearly is blown to pieces by... MINES... not MATES!!!!
damn ausies!
Maurice • September 03, 2003 • #
MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! WHOAHAHAHA MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE!
majolyn • September 03, 2003 • #
I’m Australian and I assumed they were saying "Mate" until I started "Mine"
in reviews.
I’m also a journalist who writes a column where I try to answer
pesky questions just this. So I emailed Pixar to ask them what the truth
is.
Hope they give me an answer.
By the way, I still think it’s
"Mate".
Glen • September 03, 2003 • #
Umm, that first line should read;
I’m Australian and I assumed they were
saying "Mate" until I started reading "Mine" in reviews.
Guess I should pay more attention to what I write.
Glen • September 03, 2003 • #
Who really cares what they were saying. I’ve got to admit that i heard Mate,
but remember, Everyone gets something different out of the movie. Some people
will find it funnier if the seagulls are saying Mate, others will find it
funnier if they are saying Mine, so why do we need to have this big pointless
argument about it. Its just a movie for christ’s sake!
Now everyone, Kiss and
make up, and actualy wait for some solid evidence as to what they were saying
rather than just squabling like a bunch of seagulls over a chip.
Ps, Yes i am
an Aussie.
Fred • September 03, 2003 • #
Bahahahahahahahahahahahah Its soooo mine,
stuff the whole "mudslinging taunt on the Aussie accent blah blah etc" Who in Oz
even bloody says G'Day mate? Really, no rea-lly, soooooooooooo mine.
Viliala • September 04, 2003 • #
To start with i thought they said mate, but after wacthing it a second time i have decided that they are saying both mine and mate.
"mine, mine mate"
This is said in the way that they are saying to the other seagulls "its mine
mate, don’t touch it"
michelle • September 04, 2003 • #
I would just like to say that no matter whether it is mine or mate there is one thing that we can agree on: THIS IS ALL ELIOT"S FAULT FOR PUTTING THIS ON HIS BLOG! Lets hit him where it hurts and make fun of his grammar and stuff, maybe even short people. That sounds like something you Aussies would enjoy. If nothing else I am positive Zach will make fun of short people.
David • September 04, 2003 • #
Im an Aussie Mate! what a movie mate. This has to be one of the best movies around mate. And I agree with you stuart • July 14, 2003 Fair dinkum mate. I mean they would be saying 'mate' if thats what all aussie said right ma... oh hang on. Streuth mate. it probly is mate.
Adam • September 05, 2003 • #
Ok I think I know why there are so many people posting here that are
Australian. They all know that is infact NOT mate, but they allready went around
quoting the movie and saying "mate, mate, mate" like a bunch of ... well, stupid
aussies. THEN! they realized that the seaguls were infact saying "Mine mine
mine" then they(the aussies) were like "Crap, we can’t admit that we were wrong,
so now we have to spend INSANE amounts of time scouring the internet looking for
SOMEONE else that will buy the Mate lie" So here they all are, every single last
loser, all clinging to the lie.
Also, Dave, I would love to make fun of
short people, but EVEN SHORT PEOPLE KNOW the seagulls said "mine" that must
really KILL the aussies...man, beat by short people....ouch.
Zach • September 06, 2003 • #
Ok I think I know why there are so many people posting here that are
Australian. They all know that it is infact NOT mate, but they allready went
around quoting the movie and saying "mate, mate, mate" like a bunch of ... well,
stupid aussies. THEN! they realized that the seaguls were infact saying "Mine
mine mine" then they(the aussies) were like "Crap, we can’t admit that we were
wrong, so now we have to spend INSANE amounts of time scouring the internet
looking for SOMEONE else that is a loser too" So in an attempt to save face they
post on Eliots site, and rant and rave about how they are right, and the
seagulls are australian so Mate is way funnier, and how they have small penis’s
so it HAS to be mate. So here they all are, every single last loser, all
clinging to the lie.
Also, Dave, I would love to make fun of short people,
but EVEN SHORT PEOPLE KNOW the seagulls said "mine" that must really KILL the
aussies...man, beat by short people....ouch.
Zach • September 06, 2003 • #
Also I need to say this cuse I know there are alot of people out there that
will take everything I say literally. Australians are cool, Small people rule,
and honestly...learn to laugh a little ok?
(i dont like Short Australians
though)
Zach • September 06, 2003 • #
They are Aussie seaguls, with Aussie accents, whose lines are read by AMERICANS FAKING AN AUSSIE ACCENT. Cripes, I'd’ve thought that much was obvious. For my part, I thought they were saying 'mike' until my sister informed me they were actually saying 'mine.' I’m still not convinced.
Anyone notice we’re not getting any word from Pixar? Somewhere in a Pixar
employee lounge, I kid you not, this dialogue is taking place right now:
Ed:
"Hah! Another blog argument on the bloody seaguls!"
Fred: "Yeah, too bad
they’ll never figure it out...eh, MIKE?!"
Mike: "Shaddup!"
gryph • September 06, 2003 • #
It has to be mate...
Anyone remember the shark talkin about sheilas!
michael • September 06, 2003 • #
its "mate" - mine doesn’t make sense - for instance if you see a mate waving
a snag at a barbie you naturally say "maaaate" and you have a chance of scoring
the snag - however snap "mine" and you’ll never get it - the seagulls by saying
"mate" are just saying pretty please..."mine" is bad manners
Jon • September 06, 2003 • #
As someone said before - us Aussies know our own accent. It is definitely mate. And to the person who said this was made by Americans for Americans - hate to tell you to pull you head out of the sand - but movies are made for WORLD-WIDE audiences. And the majority of the cast are Aussies also, so I dare say the makers of the film would have got their input as to what seagulls sound like. Oh and to that crab debate - the crab was talking because he knew that no matter what the seagull said he would eat him if he didn’t help out. And about IMDb - it is not 100% trustworthy. IMDb relies on contributions from it’s readers - so it is absolutely FULL of mis-information sometimes.
Forget your ignorance and listen to us Aussies, we KNOW our accent better
than anyone. And if you’ve ever heard an American do our accent, you will know
that. Sorry guys, but you are awful at it, it sounds Cockney not Aussie ![[razz face]](The great Mine-Mate debate!-Dateien/tongue.gif){kind=small}
Brad • September 06, 2003 • #
Heard it as mine but thought those seagulls (particularly their heads) bore a striking resemblance to an evil penguin in the WG’s the Wrong Trousers
Leo • September 07, 2003 • #
I can guarantee you that they say "mine". Given that i am Australian and i
know my own accent, not to mention that you can look it up on the net if you
really want to... they say mine. I don’t know how you can hear anything else in
all honesty... Only a small selection of Australians actually speak like that
(those from the smaller country towns). We do NOT say Mite.
If you don’t
believe me, simply look for the official authorised seasgulls fansite where it
has a big MINE on the header.
Nicole • September 07, 2003 • #
By the way, one of our tv stars Rove McMannus has commented on his participation in the movie. An role that was not in the credits where he had one line. MINE.
Nicole • September 07, 2003 • #
WOW!! i cant beleive so so amny people posted about this.. ITS CLEARLY 'MINE' why would they say mate.. mate isnt even funny? i mean really, bloody americans...
tim • September 07, 2003 • #
Yer i saw the movie and they say Mine there is no way its Mate. i mean im fully aussie aye i should know what mate sounds like.. fkn wogs!
Rob • September 07, 2003 • #
Ok, I am Australian, and I find it insulting that since i am australian, I am numskulled enough to think everything is "mate" becase "that is all australians say".
Guess what, I am Australian and I heard Mine. I have looked up all the documentation I can fine, and it all leads to "Mine"
(You "Australians" should be ashamed of yourself, we are not a country of half whitted nitwits, so just because you are doesn’t make it an "Australian" thing!!!!!)
Kat • September 08, 2003 • #
Okay - why the hell are you saying mate is synonymous with being stupid?? I am a University student and I often say mate (and heaven forbid - even G'Day!) and it doesn’t make me stupid in any way. If you think it does then your ignorance astounds me.
Brad • September 08, 2003 • #
I am Australian (which is largely irrelevant) and my family and I just saw the show and the vote at my house is 3 for mine and 1 for mate.
I vote mate.
But here is the news flash WHO CARES!!! This patriotic jingoism is just bullshit and highly offensive.
Mine is funny on a certain superficial level and mate is also funny but on a deeper more intellectual level (teehee - only joking).
Either way it is an amazing fact that so many hear mate and so many hear mine.
The more fascinating point for discussion is "Was this deliberate by Pixar?" and "Will they bother to illuminate the issue now that this discussion has taken a life of its own?"
ntn • September 08, 2003 • #
Here’s an interesting twist. I asked a friend about it tonight, and he said that when flying in the large flocks after food etc. they were saying 'mine'. But when shown the crab and it was just one of them talking, it was 'mate'. Maybe this is like that whole teachers strike episode of the Simpsons.
Flanders: Well I guess that we’ll just have to agree to disagree.
Skinner: I don’t agree to that.
Krabapple: Me either.
Brad • September 08, 2003 • #
Location: Australia
Vote: Mine
Now thats out of the way...
Forget how it sounds and ask yourself which
makes more sense.
What about when two fish are flapping helplessly about on
the jetty?
Does it make sense that the seagulls are "calling it" or that
they’re just lonely and desperate?
Which is funnier and more true to
life?
P.S. Great thread
[EvEm]_Relic • September 08, 2003 • #
hey hey matey as if mine sounds like mate it was MINE NOT MATE get over it i did coz its MINE HA HA HA
catherine • September 08, 2003 • #
Nicole: Rove McMannus was the crab at the end, not a Seagull :/
And to say "Mate" dosent sound quite right, its more of a yobboish "M-oooi-t" which they use in the Movie.
Jordash • September 09, 2003 • #
Jordash: Are you sure? I read online somewhere that he was a seagull and
because it was only one line, they did not credit it. Probably right though,
most of these things can’t be trusted.
Nicole • September 09, 2003 • #
I can’t believe there is even a debate about this. I was told prior to seeing the movie to listen for what the seagulls were saying, so I took extra notice when they came on. They are clearly saying 'Mine'! It doesn’t even remotely sound like they are saying 'Mate'. Clean out your ears everyone!
Zippo • September 09, 2003 • #
Nicole, Rove was actually in the credits at the end of the movie!!
btw. David - even though the film was released in the USA months ago, it didn’t come out in Australia until August 28!
And everyone - it was mate!
qwerty • September 09, 2003 • #
www.huhustudios.com/team/Seagull.wav
go there listen to it
i can seriously hear both .... in a american accent i can hear mine
in an
aussie accent i can hear mate
i can understand why people think the seagulls are saying mine ... they are fighting over the food etc. etc.
however i believe that pixar had the birds saying mate as a pisstake on aussies the birds are just repeating the word over and over again like pokemon say only their name (sorry but i just needed something to relate it to) they are not questioning wether or not the food is theirs they are using the word out of context they are just saying the word ... u can have an entire conversation using the word sausage .. just by the way u say the word u can show u r confused, angry, sad etc etc ... ppl were saying that MATE wasnt funny .... those ppl are obviously thick ... how is MINE funny? mine is just dumb .... MATE is pixar taking the piss out of Aussies .... case closed ....even if the movie comes out and im wrong im still gunna stick with it .... MINE is crap MATE is funny THE END !
Michael • September 10, 2003 • #
How is mine funny? What do seagulls always do when people are eating? They flock around you and fight over the food. That is all they do. Why would a bird say Mate when fighting over food? Why do kids laugh in the movie when bird crap falls down and a seagull says 'Mine'? That is the first thing many kids have told me... that though he is saying mine to the fish, it looks like he is claiming the crap. Even the Australians that do happen to say 'mate' on a regular basis don’t address their food that way.
As for Rove... i will have to look when i watch it again. Like i said, that was just something i read somewhere online, i assumed it was true *shrugs*.
Nicole • September 10, 2003 • #
I think marlin is a clown fish i dont care what you say i cant believe ppl have been fighting over wether marlin is a clown fish or a week old block of cheese for so long i mean he is obviously a clown fish get it together ppl.
Jay • September 10, 2003 • #
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Rossitano • September 10, 2003 • #
This proves it is mine:
http://heyhowdeyhey.com/mine/
WE WIN!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Johnny Wang • September 10, 2003 • #
Actually as many others have said I heard it and have had an arguement weither it was MINE or MATE
basically I thought as they are in Syndey that basically they are australian
sea gulls so there fore mate would make more sence then mine,
although we all
know how seagulls think when it comes to food...
Im not 2 sure now, i still recon its mate but im probobly wrong. Think ill go see it again just 2 prove my point!
Chris • September 10, 2003 • #
Just another comment from an Aussie. Firstly, yes I think it says 'Mate'. Some have said that no Aussies speak with that exagerated Aussie accent...but then Bruce the shark is an exagerated Aussie accent...so why wouldn’t the Seagulls be the same...Either way, I think the movie is funny and prob the best yet from Pixar...
Matty • September 10, 2003 • #
I’m an aussie, and i live in sydney. I’m totally convinced,... its "mate". its sounds a little like "mine" coz its in a sydney/aussie accent.
macca • September 10, 2003 • #
http://heyhowdeyhey.com/mine/ is the site i was talking about earlier.. the official approved seagull fansite...
Nicole • September 11, 2003 • #
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005JM00/103-6870645-1713431?v=glance&vi=quotes-trivia - this is Nemo trivia where it states that the seagulls were based on the Wallace and Gromit penguin and are quoted to say Mine
http://www.geekroar.com/film/archives/000307.php - This is based on the Disney Book of Finding Nemo where they are quoted to say Mine
http://www.geocities.com/shortstuff_rove/mainmainframe.html - This is a Rove site and Rove was in the Movie briefly. Here the seagulls are quoted to say Mine.
http://www.afunk.com/quotes/2003/findingnemo.html - This one also quotes them as Mine.
Up until i found this forum, I have never come across the debate of Mine or Mate. Every single website i have visited (and that is many) has said Mine.
I could continue listing many more... They all say Mine.
Nicole • September 11, 2003 • #
Johnny Wang, mate, how does that site prove it is "mine"? It’s not an official Pixar site - just "approved" by fanlistings.org - hooray!
Don’t believe everything you read
qwerty • September 11, 2003 • #
Nice research Nicole
Here’s a relevant quote from one of your previous posts: "Probably right though, most of these things can‚Äôt be trusted."
Have you got any reviews written by people from the same country as the people who did the seagull voiceovers?
qwerty • September 11, 2003 • #
Listen people! It is mine!
http://thetron.customer.netspace.net.au/ocau/Minemine.mp3
Kat • September 11, 2003 • #
It’s true that most of these things can’t be trusted. But if one looks around at the Finding Nemo trivia sites (many of them are there) which are all suppose to be legitimate trivia pieces of information from the movie, you will find that the information is almost exactly the same, as are the quotes which all include seagulls: Mine! Mine! Mine!
All of the sites that boast information about the movie say 'mine'. The only places that one will see 'mate' is on a discussion board like this.
Nicole • September 11, 2003 • #
Have a read through this film review:
http://www.darkhorizons.com/reviews/nemo-n.htm
Note paragraph 3.
Now that’s a true blue review!!!
qwerty • September 11, 2003 • #
They are DEFINETLY saying 'mate'. American’s can never quite get a grip on
the australian accent, and every australian i have spoken to thinks the same
thing, they say MATE. The reason they say 'mate' when food is there is bcause
austalian’s often say 'maaate...' when they want something. ie. someone has
something they want and the other will say 'maaate..' with a big grin on their
face. I wish pixar/disney would come out with an official word on this because
it is very annoying!!!
Stephanie • September 11, 2003 • #
I think this is the review that Qwerty was talking about!!!
One quite interesting thing is that in a time when animation has become formulaic it bucks the trend. There’s no 'villain' of the piece even though our heroic duo head into some quite dark and tense sequences, there’s no need for silly singing, and like any story involving a journey the supporting characters come & go whilst never popping up out of place for story convenience. Even Gil, the fish tank character which Wilem Dafoe’s voice looks right from the start to be of the classic 'bad guy' animated mold instead turns out to be a strong and multi-faceted character. What few one-dimensional ones that are there though deliver some of the best gags of the film such as the French crayfish, the shock-inflating puffer fish, the hilarious 'totally dude' turtles, and even a determined flock of Aussie seagulls whose vocabulary consists of one word - 'Mate!' (first time I heard that I could NOT stop laughing).
That settles it! MATE MATE MATE!!!!!!
Deb • September 11, 2003 • #
The mere fact that there is a debate over mine/mate proves that both are funny. There’s no point in dismissing one option solely becasue it’s not funny to you- that’s just arrogant. Beileve it or not its possible for some people not to get other people’s humour. Doesn’t stop it from being funny.
Also - it doesn’t matter who made the film. I’m sure there are plenty of yanks who can do aussies better than aussies can. Rather, its the actual characters in the film that are determinative.
The seagulls were aussies and it makes sense that they said 'mate'. It just fits. I dont think 'mine' makes sense - what would saying 'mine' do? - they would just try and grab it without saying anything. Rather - saying 'mate' has a purpose - it tries to get the person with the food 'on side' so they will give it to the seagulls. Now that doesn’t mean 'mine' isn’t funny to some!
Apart from all this after the event rationalisation, I defintely heard 'mate' at the time (pronounced 'toime') and thought it was hilarious. However my wife is South African and she heard 'mine' - though what would a yarpie know?
steve c • September 12, 2003 • #
You know what? For everyone who thinks it’s such an obvious "mine" or "mate", tell me why is there a discussion about it? Agree to disagree and wait for the verdict. Seriously, it’s like pack of seagulls fighting over a chip in here.
Bruce • September 12, 2003 • #
Im an Australian and i am definite that the seagulla are saying mine, personally i think that mate doesnt make any sense. because everytime the seagulls saw possible food they said MINE,MINE,MINE. it doesnt make sense for them to be saying mate. i believe that the seagulls are saying mine as a way of saying dibs! and if you take the sound reverse it and slow it down there is not trace of a t or an a, but there is a n and an i
Osio • September 12, 2003 • #
OK, Ok. i was having this discussion with my girlfriend, and didn’t realise
that there was such a divide among the people. i think that they say "Mate"
because it is having a go at the way australians say it. it can be just a thing
to say to people (not lonely and looking for company) and it can be phrased as a
question also.
i say that it is "Mate" however, before you all jump down my
throat, can i just say one thing. there is ONE sure way to find out.
When
the DVD comes out(i agree with you
Pokolitan), just put on the subtitles. i know that it is a long way off still,
but THEN it will be concrete; no more arguing. if i am wrong and they actually
do say "mine", well, i stand corrected.
Andy • September 12, 2003 • #
I’m of the opinion that it’s not a cut and dried thing - there’s definitely an ambiguity about it. I did not hear "mine" at all - apparently a lot of people did, but I can’t really understand why. It sounds like an American mine, if at all, where the "i" is accented differently. Anyway, I don’t have a a particularly strong accent and it still sounded like the way I would say "mate" - so I’m still convinced that is how it sounds, and I don’t particularly care what fansites say, since they’ll be unequivocally American. However I wouldn’t be surprised if it was an elaborate joke of Pixar’s making to be so ambiguous.
Adam • September 13, 2003 • #
It is definitely "MINE!" I’m an Australian and it’s a known fact that all seagulls are greedy and fight over food! "Mate" does not make sence
Jen • September 14, 2003 • #
It was SOOO saying "mine" it makes more sense becasue they said to to food every time, when i was seeing it it never even crossed my mind that they were saying "mate" and i went and saw it a second time with a bunch of people and we all were convinced they were saying "mine!"
Rach • September 14, 2003 • #
it was saying mine. theres no way it would have been saying mate, all us auzzies KNOW they were saying mine, anyway, "mate" said in an auzzie accent doesnt sound like that! its MINE
D • September 14, 2003 • #
NO WAY ITS SO NOT MATE, U GUYS ARE SO WRONG ITS MINE, AUZZIES KNOW THAT THEYRE SAYING MINE, AND WE WOULD KNOW COS THE MOVIE IS AUSTRALIAN!
hi • September 14, 2003 • #
It doesn’t sound anything like "mate" people! Sorry to disappoint all of you who think it does! It’s clearly "mine!"
JC • September 14, 2003 • #
its mine, y wood they say mate when they c food, thats doesnt make sense, and the pelican says "get in my mouth if you want to live" and so WHY would the seagulls be threatening if they were just saying mate? watch the movie properly u twits
R • September 14, 2003 • #
i can’t wait until the DVD is out, coz then the subtiles will PROVE that its MINE not mate! get over it!
Anonymous • September 14, 2003 • #
Dory: Have you seen a clown fish swim by?
Crab: Yeah, but I’m not telling
you, and there’s nothing you can do about it!
[Dory holds Crab out of water
for the seagulls to see]
Seagulls: Mine! Mine! Mine!
Crab: Okay! Okay!
I’ll talk!! I’ll talk!!
Anonymous • September 14, 2003 • #
Dory: Have you seen a clown fish swim by?
Crab: Yeah, but I’m not
telling you, and there’s nothing you can do about it!
[Dory holds Crab out
of water for the seagulls to see]
Seagulls: Mine! Mine! Mine!
Crab:
Okay! Okay! I’ll talk!! I’ll talk!!
hello ppl?!?!?! • September 14, 2003 • #
well its not mate, theres no possible way. look on the movie quote websites, its "mine" on every last one of them LOOK I TELL YOU
MINE • September 14, 2003 • #
THIS IS FROM A QUOTE SITE:
Dory: [dreaming] Uhhh.... the sea monkeys have my money.... yes, I’m a natural blue...
Seagulls: Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine!
Chum: Dolphins! They think they’re so cute! Oh, look at me, I’m a flippy
little dolphin, let me flip for you!
bloke • September 14, 2003 • #
They wouldn’t say mate just to define the stereotype of Australians if it didn’t make sense, and mine in this context certainly does NOT make sense! It’s mine!
Anonymous • September 14, 2003 • #
i haven’t found one single web site that doesn’t say it’s mine! the only people who think it’s mate are the people who write posts!
Anonymous • September 14, 2003 • #
From above: They wouldn’t say mate just to define the stereotype of Australians if it didn’t make sense, and mine in this context certainly does NOT make sense! It’s mine!
I meant "mate" does not make sense
Anonymous • September 14, 2003 • #
in response to the "brainless idiotic birds" comment, they are supposed to be typical greedy seagulls not stupid birds, so they’re saying mine not mate!
Anonymous • September 14, 2003 • #
hey i just saw the movie and believe me it was hell funny. about the seagulls thing i believe they said both "mate" and "mine" depending on witch situation they where in. for instance when the peilican was talking to them and all the seagulls where around him they where saying mate so he would give them some, but when dory held the crab out of the water they all said mine
chris p • September 14, 2003 • #
It is definitely MINE, fools. After listening to one of the creators at PIXAR on a radio interview (Adelaide’s MIX 102.3), the interviewer popped the question "Mate or MINE"... the answer was "MINE". After seeing the movie, you can also hear the word "MINE" clearly and distinctly... with a bit of seagull "accent". I’m thinking that my fellow Australians are reading a bit too much into it and taking a bit of pride in thinking that the American seagulls in an American film might be mimicking our "MATE" (or "MITE and "MIKE" even =X). Anywho... Nemo is a great film and I’m off to see it again! =P
Jules • September 14, 2003 • #
Ok... to settle this once and for all. I wrote an email to Pixar asking for confirmation that the seagulls say mine and this was the response i got today.
Hi Nicole,
Thank you for your interest in our films.
I can say with 100% certainty that the seagulls are saying, "Mine".
Best regards,
lola
This is the email as it was, cut and pasted and not edited in any way. If you don’t believe that it is legitimate, I will quite gladly post the email adress and you can ask for yourself. For one more little piece of proof just in case this is not good enough for all of you, I also scanned a few pages of my nieces 'Finding Nemo comic book' and posted the images. The cover to show that it is real, and a few pages where the seagulls are involved.
http://photos.bravenet.com/278/034/3/E760DB3FAF.jpg
http://photos.bravenet.com/278/034/3/050A0C66F8.jpg
http://photos.bravenet.com/278/034/3/043EF9FE33.jpg
If you can’t read the captions that clearly state 'MINE', let me know and i will make them bigger, or give me your email address and i will email the images to you.
And if this is still not enough proof, go to a bookstore and look in one of the many finding Nemo books... All of which that have the seagulls in it, say MINE.
Nicole • September 14, 2003 • #
Well now. I believe that Nicole has proven the point very nicely. Any more questions?
eliot • September 14, 2003 • #
i believe the gulls were saying mine, how in the world anyone could think it said mate is way beyond me.
Hayden G • September 15, 2003 • #
i believe the gulls were saying mine, how in the world anyone could think it said mate is way beyond me.
Hayden G • September 15, 2003 • #
hey Nicole, nice job, now all the people claiming its "mate" have proof that the gulls are saying "mine" so, all you "mate" people, what do u have to say for yourselves now???
anon • September 15, 2003 • #
good on ya nicole! i knew it was mine! i can’t believe people thought it was mate! i’m glad someone actually found out if it was definitely "mine"! MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE!
JJ • September 15, 2003 • #
G'day..I am a true blue, dinky-di, you beaut Aussie and guess what!!
Those
mongrel gulls chortle MINE MINE MINE!!!!!.
Anyway, throw another banger on
the barbie and she’ll be right, mate!!
Mark • September 15, 2003 • #
I can’t believe it is so hard for people to think it was "mate".
If they were saying mine, it was a really ****ed up way of saying it because it sounded exactly like they were saying mate.
'Mine' makes no sense to me and I wouldn’t have thought you had to be Australian to understand MATE is funny.
Whatever, even if they say it’s 'mine' I don’t really care, they should have realised that the way they were voicing it sounded exactly like "mate"...
Australian • September 15, 2003 • #
true dat. but either way it still hell funny, and at least everyone can agree that it was a great movie
chris p • September 15, 2003 • #
ARE YALL SERIOUS!! The segulls are saying "Mine". Im australian & very dissapointed in you fellow australians who cant even tell the difference between mine & mate! Twits!
Kimberley • September 15, 2003 • #
Man... I have been laughing myself silly at this thread!! I think all the comments are legit.... I personally thought that it was "mine" when I watched the movie and when one of my friends said it was "mate" i couldn’t believe him! But then I listened to the sound bites and I am now swayed towards the "mate" argument... especially the way us aussies say it (I think it was in an ad for something very recently)... but anyway... its made for very entertaining reading and its probably made Pixar a few more $’s at the box-office.... very convenient!! But it was a fantastic movie and I’m going to see it again, and again, and again!!
Cathy • September 15, 2003 • #
I think it sounds nothing like mate. Even my fiance who has a 40% hearing loss heard 'Mine'. Considering that i have provided undoubtable proof that it is most definitely 'Mine', one has to ponder why so many people got it wrong and a partially deaf guy got it right. It sounds absolutely nothing like 'Mate' at all, even in a strong Australian accent. Really, if someone with a strong accent says mate, you cant miss it. the A is really dominant... Maaayyyttttteeee.
Nicole • September 16, 2003 • #
I heard 'Mine', had never even thought of it as mate...until I stumbled across this thread! And for what its worth I’m an Aussie.
Denzil • September 16, 2003 • #
I’m an Australian and personally heard "mate". However my friend pointed out to me that when ever they were saying it they were fighting over food so he claimed they said "mine". After thinking about it, I think my friend is right, because the reasoning is logical. Just because the birds were in Australia does not mean they were saying "mate". Saying "mate" is what you say to a friend, not a person you are fighting with for food! In any case why haven’t Disney/Pixar had the decency to clear it up once and for all? I think it’s pretty obvious this debate has been going on for months and a simple press statement wouldnt hurt them surely!
Peter • September 16, 2003 • #
I believe that it could be either "mate" or "mine", considering both words sound practically identical when spoken in a strong Australian accent. However, the gulls were only speaking when fighting over food and were claiming their territory and clearly not being amicable with a friend, and therefore would not have been saying "mate". Yes, it could have been either one, and while watching the movie i believed they were saying "mate", but now after reviewing it am clearly convinced that they are saying "mine".
seagull • September 16, 2003 • #
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