Nell Page #4

Hi

I'm Jerry

You're Nell. I'm Jerry

Me

Me. That's right. Jerry

You're Nell

That's right. That's right

That's right

She has an objective self

and a subjective self that I

I've never seen such a

perfect projection before

That's, that's "me"...

me... in the mirror

You'd think it would be

the other way around

But that's "me" out there.

almost like she's displacing herself

Have you run any tests?

Only blood works,

and no abnormalities there

We'll have to run competency

tests before the court hearing, but...

I'd say it's still too soon

I want you to hear

this language she speaks

What is this gesture about?

I don't know.

It's some kind of self comforting

She did it when

she was saying "me"

You should explain the speech

degradation is misleading

That's right.

the mother was aphasic

but the idiosyncratic word

forms...you tell me

Incredible

You mind if I talk?

I like it here

It's a quiet place

You've got the right idea, Nell

You live with people,

you get problems

First they screw you up...

then they leave you, right?

You ever get lonely, Nell?

I never had any brothers

and sisters either

"Very unusual for

an Irish family, Dr. Lovell"

Oh, sure, you better believe it.

God, there was a family

lived next door.

The Connors. The Connors...

They had seven kids. Seven

Always yelling and screaming,

having a good time

Me watching...

over a fence, through a window

I heard music. A band

This parade was

coming down the street

I'm on our front steps

Jamie Connor grabs me

pulling me into the street

"No, no, no, no, no" My heart's

going ba-boom, ba- boom, ba-boom

The band's going bum-bum-bum,

bam, bam-bam-bam, bam.

Oh, but I was so excited.

Jamie's got me by my hand

We're doing this. Some kid's got my

other hand, the band right behind us

You get close to a band.

you know about it

I'm marching, I'm with the other kids.

I wasn't alone

You know what I'm saying?

We weren't talking

Just... just...enjoying

this wonderful spirit

Did you see that?

- Yeah, I saw it

- Did you see it?

- Yeah, I saw it

- She talked! To me!

- I know

- Hold out your hand

- I didn't ask for that. She did

- I know

- You know what it means?

- No!

Okay, so here's what I've been thinking.

Nell speaks English

English? Oh, come on

Yeah, most of the time anyway. Look

Come here. Take a look at this.

"Af'ah I done go, ga'inja come" There's

only one word of pure Nellish there

Sounds like language

analysis to me

- Dr. Olsen

- All right, o- okay

"Spee"...speak. "Af'ah"... after.

She's droppin' consonants

Yeah, but...what does "chickabee" mean?

She says, "Missa chickabee."

What's "missa"?

I don't know

When she's scared she says. "Tata, tata"

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