Author: Frederic Friedel
Date: 23:52:04 07/22/00
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On July 22, 2000 at 19:40:24, Jeroen van Dorp wrote: >...butmmmmfgfhiant leap for mankind. > >That's what I always heard. Did Neil Armstrong choke in his false teeth while >saying those words? > >And what about "man"? >Did he say "men"? Did he forget "a" before "man" >He must have meant "this is a small step for me as a man, but a giant leap for >the whole of mankind" > So somebody noticed! What Armstrong said clearly translates to "one small step for mankind, but one giant leap for mankind". I checked the sound track carefully years ago. He said "man" and missed the all-important "a". But we must remember that it is easy to botch your lines in an exciting situation...
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