Table 2 Examples of ambiguous syntax from the film Airplane.
No. | Utterance | Translation | Back translation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | What is it? | A |
| What do you mean by a control center |
B |
| What do you mean by hospital? | ||
C |
| What do you mean by cockpit? | ||
2 | First time? I’ve been nervous lots of time. |
| Are you nervous? | |
| Yes | |||
| First time? | |||
| No, I’ve been nervous many times before. | |||
3 | It’s an entirely different kind of flying altogether. |
| That is a completely different type of flying. | |
4 | Johnny, what do you make out of this. |
| What is your opinion on this? | |
