A folded plaid blanket rests beside a small wooden cradle with pale cloth hanging over its side.

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Owen

Her first born come out sideways, she didn't scream or nothin.

— Planes, Trains & Automobiles · 1987

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker reports that a woman gave birth to her first child sideways without screaming. The striking account emphasizes her apparent endurance through the absence of an expected reaction. These are the speaker's words about an event, not an independently established description of its medical details.

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