Daily Dialogue — June 28, 2015

DAWES SR: Well, do you have anything to say, Banks?
BANKS: Well sir, they do say that…when there’s nothing to say, all you can say–

He pulls two coins from his pocket.

DAWES SR: Confound it, Banks, I said, do you have anything to say?
BANKS: (Laughs) Just one word, sir.
DAWES SR: Yes?
BANKS: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

— Mary Poppins (1964), screenplay by Bill Walsh, Don DaGradi, book by P.L. Travers

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Memorable 1-Word Lines. Today’s suggestion by Will King.

Trivia: The chorus performing as the animated Pearly Band during “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” was comprised of songwriter Richard M. Sherman, vocal coach J. Pat O’Malley and Julie Andrews.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary by Will: “A most controversial word. Entire debates raged in the 1960s about whether “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” was the longest word in the English language, or whether it was even a word at all.”