:24:00
- Have you a name?
- Zira.
:24:05
Certainly she can articulate,
which in itself is extraordinary.
:24:09
But, Dr Dixon,
are we to infer that Zira is her name,
:24:13
or some phrase in her own language?
:24:15
lnfer what you will, Mr Chairman.
l suggest you rephrase the question.
:24:23
What is your name?
:24:29
- One might as well be talking to a parrot.
- A parrot?
:24:35
Mechanical mimicry.
Unique in an ape vocally, without a doubt.
:24:39
But... does the other one talk?
:24:45
Only when she lets me.
:24:56
- Dr Hasslein.
- No. Nothing.
:25:01
- Mr Chairman.
- Yes.
:25:03
What is the male's name, please?
:25:07
- Cornelius.
- My lawfully wedded spouse.
:25:10
- Wedded?
- We'll take that up later, Your Eminence.
:25:16
Cornelius, do you and
your lawfully wedded spouse
:25:20
speak any language other than English?
:25:23
What is English?
:25:25
l speak the language taught to me by my
parents, who were taught by their parents.
:25:30
lt has been the language
of our ancestors for nearly 2,000 years.
:25:34
As to its origins, who can be sure?
:25:37
The gorillas and orangutans
of our community
:25:40
believe that God created the ape
in His own image, and that our language...
:25:45
Nonsense!
:25:47
Cornelius, as an intellectual, you know
the gorillas are militaristic nincompoops
:25:52
and the orangutans, a bunch
of blinkered, pseudoscientific geese!