I remember the scene when they're at the bank and Oda Mae says "jawohl" to Sam after he tells her something. Then the cop turns around and says "excuse me?" I looked it up and "jawohl" is a German word for "yes" or "understood." I found that funny how Oda Mae used that word. That's not a word I ever hear anyone use. Does any one have any idea how that got in the script?
shareIt's because of Hitler. People had no choice but to say yes to Hitler, if he told them to do something. That Oda Mae said jawohl to Sam, was her way of telling him that she thought he was being bossy and commanding.
shareShe would've picked it up from WW2 movies depicting the nazis.
shareI never picked up what she said thanks for letting me know!
shareThat's funny
sharethis derives as already mentioned from the ww2 / Nazi Germany .. it means "Will do" it's was often combined with "mein führer" as an address but it was also used on U-boats in nazi germany ("Jawohl Herr Kaleun")
"Jawohl" is a word that has diffrent meanings like yes or you are right all depends to what question or answer it is used. but mainlyit means "yes" or as understanding "will do" or "considering it done"
in the context of the movie It can be translated as "Alright" or "let's go"
hope I could help =)